Casino Control Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1993 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1993 No. 164 Casino Control Act 1982 CASINO CONTROL AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 1993 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amended regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Insertion of new ss.18A–18D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18A Malfunction of gaming machines or machine games . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 18B Arrangement for progressive jackpot link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 18C Sharing of jackpots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 18D Meaning of terms used on artwork for Draw Card machine game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2 Casino Control Amendment (No. 1) No. 164, 1993 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Casino Control Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 1993 . ˙ Commencement 2. This regulation commences on 1 June 1993. ˙ Amended regulation 3. The CasinoControlRegulation1984 is amended as set out in this regulation. ˙ Insertion of new ss.18A–18D 4. After section 18— insert— ˙ ‘Malfunction of gaming machines or machine games ‘18A.(1) This section applies to a casino operator in relation to a gaming machine in the casino, or a machine game installed in a gaming machine in the casino, that the casino operator believes, on reasonable grounds, has not functioned in the way in which the machine or game was designed and programmed to function (whether or not the malfunction is the result of any act or omission of the current player of the machine or another person). ‘(2) The casino operator— (a) may refuse to make a payment to a player for a wager made by the player on the gaming machine; and (b) must ensure that the machine is not played or otherwise dealt with by any person until an inspector has examined the machine. ‘(3) If the casino operator refuses to make the payment, section 16 applies to the operator in respect of the player’s claim for payment.

3 Casino Control Amendment (No. 1) No. 164, 1993 ˙ ‘Arrangement for progressive jackpot link ‘18B.(1) A casino operator may link 2 or more gaming machines together to form a progressive jackpot link arrangement. ‘(2) The arrangement is to include a progressive jackpot meter that displays the jackpot amount at any time. ‘(3) The operator may only link gaming machines together to form a progressive jackpot link arrangement if the Director approves of the arrangement. ‘(4) The Director’s approval of an arrangement may include any matter that the Director thinks fit including, for example, the following— (a) the number of gaming machines; (b) the machine games played on the machines; (c) the minimum and maximum amounts of the jackpot. ‘(5) The Director may approve of an arrangement that consists of more than 1 type of jackpot. ˙ ‘Sharing of jackpots ‘18C.(1) This section applies to players of gaming machines linked in a progressive jackpot link arrangement. ‘(2) If 2 or more players are eligible for payment of the amount displayed on the progressive jackpot meter for the arrangement, the amount of the progressive jackpot is to be shared equally among the winning players. ‘(3) Two or more players are eligible for the amount of the progressive jackpot if— (a) the players obtain the winning combination at the same time; or (b) a player obtained the winning combination but— (i) the progressive jackpot link arrangement allows other players playing gaming machines in the arrangement to complete any wager made before, or at the same time as, the winning combination was or is obtained; and (ii) in completing the wager before further play is prevented,

4 Casino Control Amendment (No. 1) No. 164, 1993 another player obtains, or other players obtain, the winning combination as a result of that wager. ‘(4) A player of a gaming machine may not claim payment of an amount, or a share of an amount, that was displayed on the progressive jackpot meter if the amount of the progressive jackpot has transferred from the progressive jackpot meter to a gaming machine played by another player. ˙ ‘Meaning of terms used on artwork for Draw Card machine game ‘18D.(1) This section applies to the terms used in the artwork on a gaming machine that has been programmed to play the machine game based on a deck of 52 cards and known as ‘Draw Card’. ‘(2) “Jacks or better” means a pair of Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces. ‘(3) “Two Pairs” means any 2 pairs of cards with the same face value. ‘(4) “Three of a kind” means any 3 cards of the same face value. ‘(5) “Straight” means any 5 cards of different suits running consecutively in face value. ‘(6) “Flush” means any 5 cards of same suit, but not running consecutively in face value. ‘(7) “Full House” means any 3 cards, and any 2 cards, of the same face value. ‘(8) “Four of a kind” means any 4 cards of the same face value. ‘(9) “Straight Flush” means any 5 cards of the same suit running consecutively in face value except a Royal Flush. ‘(10) “Royal Flush” means Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit. ’.

5 Casino Control Amendment (No. 1) ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 27 May 1993. 2. Notified in the Gazette on 28 May 1993. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. No. 164, 1993 The State of Queensland 1993