After regulation 18 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulations are inserted:

18A.     Transitional regulation for gaming operator

(1)  In this regulation –

former electronic monitoring system means the electronic monitoring system that was operated by a gaming operator under the old legislative scheme;

gaming operator means a person who, immediately before the commencement of these regulations, held a gaming operator’s licence under the old legislative scheme;

jackpot increment amount means the amount by which a gaming machine’s progressive jackpot prize has been increased from its initial jackpot prize amount by the accumulation of contributions from credits played on the gaming machine;

old legislative scheme means the provisions of the Gaming Control Act 1993 as in force before 1 July 2023;

reporting period means the period commencing on 1 July 2016 and ending on 30 June 2023 (both days inclusive);

source data , for a gaming machine, includes the following data for that machine:

(a) data relating to credits played and credits won that is recorded in the electronic meter of that gaming machine;

(b) data relating to the jackpot increment amount for that machine that is recorded in the electronic meter of that machine or in a device to which that machine is linked.

(2)  A gaming operator must, before 1 August 2023, provide the Commission with a copy of –

(a) all data relating to the conduct of gaming stored in the former electronic monitoring system as at 12:00am on 1 July 2023; and

(b) a copy of records of gaming machine source data that were made by the gaming operator for the reporting period.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.

18B.     Transitional regulation for monitoring operator

(1)  In this regulation –

gaming operator has the same meaning as in regulation 18A ;

jackpot increment amount has the same meaning as in regulation 18A ;

source data has the same meaning as in regulation 18A ;

transitional gaming machine means a gaming machine that was, as at 1 July 2023, installed in licensed premises.

(2)  A monitoring operator must not permit the use of a transitional gaming machine for the conduct of gaming unless the monitoring operator has completed an audit of that gaming machine in accordance with subregulation (3) .

(3)  To complete an audit of a transitional gaming machine, the monitoring operator must –

(a) collect the source data for the gaming machine and ensure that it is correctly recorded in the electronic monitoring system; and

(b) compare the source data collected under paragraph (a) against the data provided to the monitoring operator under subregulation (5) ; and

(c) in the case where there is a discrepancy between the source data collected under paragraph (a) and the data provided under subregulation (5) , take a photograph of the source data for that gaming machine.

(4)  The monitoring operator must provide the Commission with a copy of any photograph taken for the purposes of subregulation (3) as soon as reasonably practicable after taking the photograph.

(5)  The Commission must provide the monitoring operator with data relating to credits played and credits won on, and jackpot increment amounts for, transitional gaming machines as soon as reasonably practicable after having received that data from the gaming operator under regulation 13 of the Gaming Control Regulations 2014 .