New Gambling Licence Rules, Stronger Safety Requirements, and Easier Voluntary Exclusions
Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Introduced by: Mary-Anne Thomas MP (ALP); The Hon Enver Erdogan MLC (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
Monitoring licensees can now provide systems to ensure gaming conduct complies with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
The Gaming Minister can include any matter that would normally be a formal direction as a condition of a monitoring licence.
Monitoring licensees may be required to pay a premium payment, classified as a tax, for the licence or its extension.
Monitoring licensees must pay interest on any premium payments that are not paid by the deadline.
The State can recover unpaid premium payments or penalty interest through the courts as a debt.
Monitoring licensees must follow specific rules regarding loyalty schemes, data-matching, and participant information if the Gaming Minister requires them to operate a pre-commitment system.
The duration of a monitoring licence is now determined by the term specified in the licence rather than a fixed 15-year period.