Gaming Machines
Gambling Regulation Amendment Bill 2023 introduced to Parliament
First Major Step In Preventing Gambling Harm In Victoria Bill will enforce mandatory closure periods for all gaming machine areas in venues except the casino between 4am and 10am every day. VICTORI...
Regulator Announces Successful Destruction of Illegal Gaming Machines
DETROIT, Sept. 26, 2023 — In a concerted effort to combat illegal gambling activities, Michigan Gaming Control Board Executive Director Henry Williams has announced numerous unlicensed illegal ga...
Greentube Sends a Chill Down the Spine with Cash Connection™
VIENNA, Austria (September 26, 2023) – Greentube, the NOVOMATIC Digital Gaming and Entertainment division, is presenting players with a deathly yet cheerful adventure in its latest release Cash C...
Supreme Court Decision Affirms ILGA’s Powers to Consider Impact of Gaming Machines on the Community
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (September 21, 2023) — On 20 September 2023 the NSW Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the matter of the NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) v...
PA Gaming Control Board Levies $45,000 Fine to a Video Gaming Terminal Establishment
Board also placed four adults on its involuntary exclusion list for gambling at casinos while leaving minors unattended HARRISBURG, PA (September 20, 2023) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control B...
Procedure for Verification for Casino Machines and for Progressive Jackpots Linked to Casino Machines
Brussels, Belgium (September 18, 2023) — During its meeting of 14/09/2023, the Gaming Commission (KSC) approved a new working method for the Technical Evaluations service with regard to the i...
J.P. Morgan -14th Annual Slot Market Survey
Light and Wonder gaining momentum Asia Pacific Equity Research September 11, 2023 In this year’s 14th Annual J.P. Morgan Slot Survey, we investigate the health of the Australian slot machine mark...
Support Grows for Improving Outdated Self-Exclusion Programs
MELBOURNE, Victoria (September 12, 2023) — Efforts by Victoria’s clubs lobby to enhance the self-exclusion program for problem gamblers, particularly related to poker machines is gainin...
Bacta Restructure is Complete as Members Elect New National Council
U.K. (September 7, 2023) — Membership of bacta’s new 11-person National Council has been announced. The final element in the UK trade association’s head-to-toe restructure has seen Peter ...
Study Finds ‘Skill-Based’ Poker Machines Blur Line Between Skill and Chance
Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade AUSTRALIA (September 4, 2023) — New research sheds light on the impacts of an emerging form of Electronic Gaming Machine (EGM) or poker machine,...
Landmark Reforms to Reduce Gambling Related Harm and Money Laundering
Overview By the end of 2025, Victorians will have the strongest gambling harm protections in Australia. The Victorian Government has announced new reforms to reduce gambling harm and money launderi...
ALH Group Ordered to Pay $550,000 Fine for Failures to Minimise Gambling Harm
MELBOURNE, Vic. (August 25, 2023) — The Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) has been fined $550,000 for operating 220 gaming machines without mandatory pre-commitment technology (Y...
Unregulated “Skill” Machines are Games of Chance, Say Two-Thirds of Americans Familiar with Them
New AGA Data Shows Majority of Americans Concerned About Dangers of “Skill” Games Washington (August 23, 2023)– Among Americans familiar with unregulated “skill” machines, a decisive majo...
Victorians Lose $3.022 Billion on Poker Machines in FY2022-23
Victoria, Australia (July 28, 2023) — On 28 July 2023, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission released figures on poker machine expenditure for the 2022-23 financial year. In to...
National Self-Exclusion Register, BetStop, is Set to Launch August 21
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 29, 2023) — The pubs and clubs landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation, as hoteliers prioritise people over profits reports the Daily Telegraph. The ne...
Proactive Adjustments to Gaming Machine Tax
L&GNSW continues proactive adjustments to gaming machine tax on an ongoing basis. SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 25, 2023) — Given the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions in the 2020, 2021 and...
Landmark Reforms To Reduce Gambling Related Harm
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (July 24, 2023) –The Andrews Labor Government is introducing sweeping new reforms to protect Victorians from gambling harm – making the state’s gambling harm pr...
PAGCOR to Launch Own Online Casino in 1st QTR of 2024, Eyes Modernization of Slot Machine Operation
MANILA, Philippines (July 20, 2023) — Buoyed by the revitalization of the local gaming industry, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is eyeing to implement measures that ...
North Dakota Settlement with Three Gaming Companies Accused of Exploiting Veterans Nonprofits Stands
BISMARCK, N.D. (July 14, 2023) — A recent settlement between North Dakota’s attorney general and three gambling equipment distributors will stand after their main company retracted an email sen...
Gamblers to be Restricted to $100 Limits on Poker Machines in Victoria as Part of New Reforms
In short: The Victorian government is introducing new restrictions to poker machines including a pre-commitment limit of $100 What’s next? Community Clubs Victoria says hyper-regulation cou...
Head of NSW Cashless Gambling Panel Wants Trial Extended to Thousands More Poker Machines
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 14, 2023) — According to local media reports the head of a panel to oversee a New South Wales trial of cashless gambling on 500 poker machines would like to see ...
Hotel Licensees to Face Court Over Alleged Gaming Breaches
SYDNEY, Australia (June 29, 2023) — Licensees of Chittaway Bay Tavern and Regent Hotel will face charges in court over alleged breaches of NSW gaming laws following investigations by Liquor ...
