Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this Division
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gaming machine means a machine which —
(a) is
constructed, adapted or used for playing a game of chance by means of that
gaming machine; and
(b) a
player pays (except where he has an opportunity to play without payment as the
result of having previously played successfully) to play —
(i)
by inserting money, or money’s worth in the form of
a token; or
(ii)
in some other way;
and
(c) by
the chances inherent in the action of the machine, determines the outcome of
the game,
whether or not provision is made for the
manipulation of the machine by a player;
prescribed gaming equipment means —
(a)
gaming machines or slot machines; and
(b) any
other machine or other thing used in the course of, or in relation to, gaming,
of a kind named or described in regulations made
for the purposes of section 88;
slot machine means a machine that is constructed
or adapted and used —
(a) for
the playing of music or of games designed primarily for amusement, relaxation
or education; or
(b) for
the playing of games of skill; or
(c) so
that although a game of chance may be played, section 39(2)(e) applies; or
(d) to
yield with certainty previously ascertained goods of which the sale, or
exposure for sale, is not prohibited by any written law; or
(e) to
dispense tickets, having a previously ascertained face value, in a lottery
conducted under and in accordance with the requirements of a written law,
without affording any other consideration,
advantage or reward and not for the purposes of wagering;
unlawful gaming equipment means gaming equipment
of a kind the use or possession of which contravenes, or in the circumstances
in which it is found contravenes, a prohibition proclaimed under
section 85(2), or an unlawful gaming machine; and
unlawful gaming machine means a machine of a kind
referred to in section 85(1)(a) or (b).
[Section 84 amended: No. 24 of 1998 s. 57; No. 35
of 2003 s. 155 and 167.]