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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of casino gambling - Operation of casinos

175: Information for customers

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"Casinos must show you the rules and payouts for each game so you can make informed choices"

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When you are in a casino, the casino must display information about each game at the gaming table. This information includes that you can ask for a copy of the game rules, the minimum and maximum amounts you can bet, and how you will get paid if you win. The casino must make a copy of the game rules available to you right away if you ask for one.

If you want to know the rules of a game, you can ask the casino staff and they must give you a copy to look at. The casino has to follow these rules, and if they do not, they can get a fine of up to $5,000.

The casino must tell you how the game is played and what the rules are, so you can make informed decisions about your bets.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensing of casino gambling: Operation of casinos

175Information for customers

  1. The holder of a casino operator’s licence must display at each gaming table or location for playing a game (other than a gaming machine) a notice for the game played advising customers of the following matters:

  2. that copies of the game rules for the game are available on request:
    1. the permissible minimum and maximum bets:
      1. how winning bets will be paid.

        1. If a person in a casino asks for a copy of the game rules for a game, the holder of the casino operator’s licence must make a copy available for examination without delay.

        2. The holder of a casino licence who fails to comply with this section commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

        Compare
        • 1990 No 62 s 69
        Notes
        • Section 175(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).