Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Casino Control Act 1991 - SECT 64

Conduct of gaming

64. Conduct of gaming



(1) The casino operator is responsible for ensuring that the following
provisions are complied with in the casino and is guilty of an offence if they
are not complied with-

   (a)  gaming equipment must not be used for gaming in the casino unless-

   (i)  the Commission has approved in writing of the use in the casino of
        that equipment or of the class or description of equipment concerned,
        whether or not subject to conditions; and

   (ii) the equipment is used only in accordance with conditions to which the
        approval is subject;

   (b)  all playing cards dealt in the course of gaming in the casino must be
        dealt from a card shoe or, if the Commission has approved, by notice
        published in the Government Gazette, of the use of another procedure
        or device for dealing cards, by that procedure or from that device;

   (c)  chips for gaming in the casino must not be issued unless the chips are
        paid for in money to the value of the chips or by chip purchase
        voucher that, on payment of the amount shown on the voucher, was
        issued by or on behalf of the operator;

   (d)  gaming wagers must not be placed in the casino otherwise than by means
        of chips unless the rules of the game require or provide for the
        placing of wagers in money;





   (e)  all wagers won in the course of gaming or betting in the casino must
        be paid for in full without deduction of any commission or levy, other
        than a commission or levy provided for in the rules of the game or
        betting competition;

   (f)  all wagers won in the course of gaming in the casino must be paid in
        chips, unless the rules of a game specifically permit payment by cash
        or cheque;

   (g)  at the request of a patron of the casino, during the times the casino
        is open to the public for gaming-

   (i)  chip purchase vouchers issued by the casino operator must be exchanged
        for chips; and

   (ii) chips must be exchanged for other chips; and

   (iii) chips, or chip purchase vouchers, issued by the casino operator, must
        be redeemed (for a value equivalent to their value) for money or, at
        the option of the operator, for a cheque made payable to the patron
        and drawn on an authorised deposit-taking institution approved by the
        Commission;

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        (i)    a person who is a casino employee or an agent of the casino
               operator must not at the casino induce patrons to enter the
               casino;

   (j)  a person must not be required to pay a deposit, charge, commission or
        levy (whether directly or indirectly and whether or not it is claimed
        to be refundable) to enter the casino or, except as may be provided by
        the rules of a game or betting competition or as may be approved by
        the Commission, to take part in gaming or betting in the casino.

Penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a casino operator may accept gaming wagers, pay
wagers won on gaming or betting or issue or redeem chips in or for the
currency of a country other than Australia for commission based players in
accordance with any relevant controls and procedures approved by the
Commission under section 121 in respect of the use of foreign currency in the
casino.

(3) In subsection (2)-

commission based player means a person who participates in a premium player
arrangement or a junket where the person and the casino operator satisfy the
requirements of any relevant controls and procedures approved by the
Commission under section 121 in respect of a premium player or a junket player
(as the case may be).

(4) A function of the Commission under this section may be performed by any
commissioner.