New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAMING MACHINES ACT 2001 - SECT 45

45 Regulation of promotional prizes and player reward schemes

(1) In this section--

"player reward scheme" means a system, used in connection with the operation of approved gaming machines in a hotel or on the premises of a club, in which the players of such gaming machines accumulate bonus or reward points from playing the gaming machines.

"promotional prize" means any prize or reward (including bonus points) offered by a hotelier or club to the patrons of the hotel or the premises of the club in connection with a player reward scheme or any other marketing or promotional activity that involves approved gaming machines.

(2) A hotelier or club must not--

(a) offer or present or cause or permit to be offered or presented a promotional prize in the form of cash, or

(b) offer or present or cause or permit to be offered or presented a promotional prize that exceeds $1,000 in value, or

(b1) offer or provide, or cause or permit to be offered or provided, a promotional prize (including a free give away) that is indecent or offensive, or

(c) permit a patron of the hotel or the premises of the club to exchange a promotional prize for cash, or

(d) permit any bonus or reward points accumulated under a player reward scheme to be redeemed for cash.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to or in respect of--

(a) promotional prizes that form part of a jackpot prize under an authorised linked gaming system, or

(b) such prizes as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

(4) If a hotelier or club conducts a player reward scheme, the hotelier or club must, in accordance with the regulations--

(a) advise the participants in the scheme of the availability of player activity statements that relate to the playing of approved gaming machines under the scheme, and

(b) provide each such participant with a player activity statement.

: Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.

(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to player reward schemes and any matter concerning player activity statements (including the details to be included in player activity statements).

(6) Subsection (4) does not apply to any player reward scheme conducted during the period of 6 months after the commencement of this section.