Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered RegulationsSCHEDULE 3 Regulation 12
INTER-CLUB LINKED JACKPOT ARRANGEMENTS
FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RULES
1. (1) In these rules, an expression has the same meaning as in the Gaming Machine Act 1987 or the Gaming Machine Regulations.
(2) If an expression has a meaning in the Gaming Machine Act 1987 different from the meaning it has in the Gaming Machine Regulations, in these rules the expression has the meaning it is given in the Gaming Machine Regulations.
2. The permit holder shall open and maintain an account in trust, called the jackpot trust account, for the payment of linked jackpots to the winners of such jackpots.
3. Payments from the jackpot trust account are to be by cheque signed by 2 persons authorised in writing by the permit holder.
4. (1) The contract between the permit holder and a linked club may provide for the linked club to pay a link service fee to the permit holder.
(2) Any link service fee is to be calculated at the same rate for each linked club.
(3) The rate of any link service fee is not to exceed a fair and reasonable amount, having regard to the following considerations:
(a) the amount spent by the permit holder installing the arrangement;
(b) the amount spent by the permit holder operating the arrangement;
(c) the best interests of each linked club and its members;
(d) any other matters relevant to the costs and returns of the arrangement for both the permit holder and the linked clubs.
(4) Any link service fee is not to be a component of the linked club's linked jackpot contributions.
5. The permit holder shall maintain access to sufficient funds at all times for the payment of any linked jackpots that may be won on the linked gaming machines.
6. (1) Subject to subrule (2), the amount of the potential linked jackpot for a linked gaming machine is to increase after every game on the machine by an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula:
I is the amount by which the potential linked jackpot is to increase after each game;
S is the amount staked in that game;
T is the percentage of the turnover of each linked gaming machine specified in the contract between the permit holder and the linked club for the purposes of subrule 7 (1), or such lower percentage of turnover as is specified in the contract for the purposes of this subrule.
(2) The contract between the permit holder and a linked club may provide for a maximum potential linked jackpot for a linked gaming machine—
(a) by specifying a particular amount; or
(b) by specifying a method by which such a maximum is able to be calculated at any time.
7. (1) A linked club shall deposit into the jackpot trust account an amount equal to a percentage of the turnover of each linked gaming machine operated by the club, being a percentage specified in the contract between the club and the permit holder.
(2) The specified percentage shall be a multiple of 0.1%.
(3) A linked club, within 24 hours after being notified under paragraph 8 (b) or subrule 17 (2) of the amount of the linked jackpot contribution of each linked gaming machine operated by the club, shall deposit into the jackpot trust account the amount notified.
8. The permit holder shall, each day—
(a) determine the amount of the linked jackpot contribution of each linked gaming machine—
(i) for the period since the linked jackpot contribution of the machine was last determined; or
(ii) if no linked jackpot contribution has yet been determined—for the period since the machine was linked; and
(b) notify each linked club in writing of the total amount of the linked jackpot contributions of all linked machines operated by the club.
9. The permit holder shall ensure that each linked gaming machine operated by a linked club is polled 1 or more times electronically between games played on the machine.
10. The permit holder and a linked club shall each do what they can to ensure that the amount of the linked jackpot (as varied from time to time) is displayed so as to be clearly visible from each linked gaming machine operated by the club at all times while the linked jackpot arrangement is in operation.
11. (1) Where a player claims to have won a linked jackpot on a linked gaming machine, the club shall—
(a) determine the player's eligibility for the linked jackpot; and
(b) if the player's eligibility is confirmed—determine the amount of the linked jackpot by reference to the electronic poll under rule 9.
(2) If a linked jackpot is claimed on a machine in a winning combination arrangement, the club shall ensure that the machine is made inoperable until the club has determined the matters referred to in subrule (1).
12. As soon as practicable after confirmation under rule 11 of a player's eligibility for a linked jackpot on a linked gaming machine, and determination of the amount of the linked jackpot under that rule, the club shall ensure that the linked jackpot is reset to the minimum starting value specified in the contract between the permit holder and the club.
13. Where the electronic poll of linked gaming machines under rule 9 indicates that there is more than 1 winner of a linked jackpot, the linked jackpot is to be divided equally between the winners.
14. The permit holder shall pay a linked jackpot to a person from the jackpot trust account where—
(a) the person claims to have won the linked jackpot on a linked gaming machine; and
(b) the permit holder and the club are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the person is eligible for the linked jackpot.
15. The club shall ensure that meter readings from each linked gaming machine operated by the club are recorded—
(a) immediately before the machine is linked;
(b) in the case of a machine linked in a winning combination arrangement—immediately after a linked jackpot has been won on the machine; and
(c) immediately before the machine is removed from the arrangement.
16. (1) All link equipment shall be the property of the permit holder.
(2) If any link equipment malfunctions, the permit holder shall take all reasonable steps to repair the equipment as soon as practicable.
(3) A club at which any link equipment is located shall not interfere with the equipment except with the permission of the permit holder.
17. (1) Immediately before the linked jackpot arrangement is terminated, the permit holder shall record—
(a) the meter readings of each linked gaming machine;
(b) the amount of the potential linked jackpot available at the time; and
(c) the linked jackpot contribution of each linked gaming machine.
(2) The permit holder shall notify a formerly linked club of the amount of the club's linked jackpot contribution as determined under paragraph (1) (c) on the next working day after the determination.
18. As soon as practicable after the linked jackpot arrangement is terminated, the permit holder shall ensure that a linked jackpot is paid to a person from the jackpot trust account if—
(a) the person won the linked jackpot on a linked gaming machine before the termination;
(b) the person has not previously been paid the linked jackpot; and
(c) the permit holder and the club are satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the person is eligible for the linked jackpot.
19. (1) As soon as practicable after the linked jackpot arrangement is terminated, the permit holder shall endeavour to reach a written agreement with each linked club about the distribution of the remaining balance of the jackpot trust account.
(2) If, within 28 days after the linked jackpot arrangement is terminated, no agreement has been reached under subrule (1), the permit holder shall provide the Commissioner with a written recommendation about the distribution between the linked clubs of the remaining balance of the jackpot trust account for the Commissioner's determination under regulation 16 of the Gaming Machine Regulations.
(3) As soon as practicable after a distribution is agreed to under subrule (1), or determined under regulation 16 of the Gaming Machine Regulations, the permit holder shall ensure that each linked club receives an amount from the jackpot trust account in accordance with the distribution.
(4) In this rule—