Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The possession or
use of an item of gaming equipment, other than one referred to in
regulation 18A or 18AA, the playing of which can result in vouchers being
dispensed, at the conclusion of a sequence of play, that may be exchanged for
prizes is unlawful unless the conditions in subregulations (2), (3), (4),
(5) and (6) are met.
(2) An item of gaming
equipment may only be located in —
(a)
premises approved by the Commission and specified in the permit as being
approved for that particular item of gaming equipment; or
(b)
premises approved by the Commission and specified in a permit as being
approved for a specified class of gaming equipment of which that item forms a
part.
(3) The maximum amount
which may be charged per sequence of play is $5.
(4) In the case of
amusement parlours, the maximum value of the voucher or vouchers which may be
dispensed per sequence of play must not exceed a value which is 10 times the
amount charged per sequence of play for that game.
(5) The prizes which
may be won by exchanging a voucher or a number of vouchers must be prizes in
the nature of goods and not money.
(6) The maximum retail
value of a prize which may be won is —
(i)
$500, if the prize is won by exchanging a voucher or a
number of vouchers dispensed at an amusement parlour; or
(ii)
$50, if the prize is won by exchanging a voucher
dispensed at any other premises.
(7) In this
regulation —
amusement parlour means premises
where —
(a)
video machines and other games of chance are played; and
(b) the
predominant purpose of the premises is to provide a place to play such
machines or games of chance;
voucher includes a ticket, a token, or any other
symbolic item of exchange.
[Regulation 18B inserted: Gazette
22 Oct 1993 p. 5806; amended: Gazette 22 Apr 1994
p. 1710; 6 Jan 1995 p. 27‑8; 15 Dec 1995
p. 6125; 30 Jan 2004 p. 416.]