Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 3.5.33(1) amended by No. 7/2006 s. 4, substituted by No. 39/2007 s. 11(2), amended by Nos 62/2017 s. 91(2), 28/2022 s. 49.
(1) If a person has $2000 or more worth of accumulated credits on a gaming machine, the venue operator must not pay out, or allow another person to pay out, any of those credits except in accordance with subsection (2) or (3).
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 3.5.33(2) amended by Nos 7/2006 s. 4., 39/2007 s. 11(3), 28/2022 s. 49.
(2) A venue operator must, at the request of a person, pay out any accumulated credits from a gaming machine to the person by cheque that is not payable to cash.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 3.5.33(3) substituted by Nos 62/2017 s. 91(3), 28/2022 s. 140(1).
(3) A venue operator must—
(a) at the request of a person, pay out any accumulated credits from a gaming machine to the person by electronic funds transfer; and
(b) if at least $2000 is to be transferred, ensure that those funds are not transferred until at least 24 hours after the request.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
S. 3.5.33(3A) inserted by No. 72/2007 s. 14, substituted by No. 62/2017 s. 91(3).
(3A) Subsection (3) does not apply to a venue operator who does not have the facilities to make the electronic funds transfer described in that subsection.
S. 3.5.33(3B) inserted by No. 72/2007 s. 14, repealed by No. 62/2017 s. 91(4).
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(4) This section does not apply to a venue operator who is a casino operator.
Note to s. 3.5.33(4) inserted by No. 28/2022 s. 140(2).
Note
See section 81AAB of the Casino Control Act 1991 in relation to the payment of winnings by cheque or electronic funds transfer by a casino operator.
S. 3.5.33(5) inserted by No. 39/2007 s. 11(4).
(5) In this section—
"accumulated credits" means the amount of credits standing on any one gaming machine, whether initially credited to the machine or accumulated through play.
S. 3.5.33A inserted by No. 72/2007 s. 15.