Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of class 4 gambling - Disabling gambling equipment and electronic monitoring of gaming machines

87: Functions of electronic monitoring system

You could also call this:

"How the government uses computers to keep an eye on gaming machines"

The Secretary can use an electronic monitoring system to watch and get information about gaming machines. You can think of this system like a tool that helps keep an eye on how people use gaming machines. The Secretary uses it to monitor things like the money people use to gamble, where the gaming machines are, and if they might cause problems for people who gamble.

The system also helps the Secretary check for problems with gaming machines, like faults or if someone is tampering with them. It can even detect if someone is breaking the rules of the Gambling Act. The Secretary can use the system to control gaming machines, turn them off or on, and make sure they are working properly.

If the Secretary collects statistics from the information they get from the monitoring system, they must make those statistics available to the public on the Department's website or in another easy-to-access electronic form, so you can see the information too.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensing of class 4 gambling: Disabling gambling equipment and electronic monitoring of gaming machines

87Functions of electronic monitoring system

  1. The Secretary may use an electronic monitoring system for, amongst other things,—

  2. monitoring and receiving information about—
    1. the funds used to gamble on gaming machines and the destination of those funds:
      1. the number and location of gaming machines:
        1. the potential of gaming machines for problem gambling:
          1. faults with gaming machines:
            1. tampering with gaming machines:
              1. suspected contraventions of this Act:
              2. controlling gaming machines:
                1. disabling or enabling gaming machines.
                  1. Any statistical information that is collated by the Secretary from information received under subsection (1)(a) must be made available on the Department’s website, or in another electronic form that is easily accessible to the public, within a reasonable time after that information is collated.