{"id":30525,"date":"2022-06-07T04:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T07:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30525"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:01:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:01:26","slug":"new-south-wales-revises-two-key-gambling-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-south-wales-revises-two-key-gambling-regulations","title":{"rendered":"New South Wales revises two key gambling regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Betting and Racing Regulation and the Totalizator Regulation will expire in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0The New South Wales<strong> Liquor and Gaming Authority<\/strong>\u00a0has announced draft regulations to update the Betting and Racing Regulation and the Totalizator Regulation, which are up for statutory review ahead of their expiry in September. The new versions will be put to industry and the community for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both regulations include gambling harm minimisation measures such as counselling services, penalty notice prescriptions, allowable TAB shareholdings, and special exemptions. The ILGA said the revised regulations aim to align with changing industry and community expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anthony Keon<\/strong>, CEO of Hospitality and Racing, said: \u201cThe protections in the Regulations not only create sustainability for the industry but certainty for the community that licensees are fit to conduct gambling, that penalties are fair and proportionate and that there is communication and engagement with people who do experience gambling harms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEssentially, the Regulations support the legislation and are there to set the standards around the conduct of betting service providers so punters can freely pursue wagering as a safe form of leisure and entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>draft Regulations<\/strong> propose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>additional penalty notice offences, providing an alternative to court prosecution.<\/li><li>prohibitions on inducement offers of free entry into a competition, conditional on having a betting account and \u2018special odds\u2019 offers.<\/li><li>fee collection adjusted annually for inflation.<\/li><li>requirements for sports controlling bodies to notify the Minister of changes in circumstances.<\/li><li>enabling the Secretary to change the wording of mandatory counselling and gambling help notices as the evidence base evolves, without having to change legislation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback can be submitted until June 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-online-gaming-regulator-wants-to-raise-fines-for-repeat-ad-offences\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW<\/a>&nbsp;had said that online betting providers should face higher penalties for repeated illegal advertising, arguing that offenders see the current fines as a cost of doing business. Since 2018, the maximum fine for operators guilty of promoting inducements has been&nbsp;<strong>AU$110,000 (US$77,000)<\/strong>, but the top penalty has never been handed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/liquor-and-gaming-nsw-fines-rob-waterhouse-over-illegal-gambling-ads\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liquor and Gaming NSW fines Rob Waterhouse over illegal gambling ads<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Betting and Racing Regulation and the Totalizator Regulation will expire in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New South Wales' Liquor and Gaming Authority has released draft updates to its Betting and Racing and Totalizator Regulations, slated for expiry in September. These revisions, open for industry and community feedback, introduce enhanced gambling harm minimisation measures, new penalty notice offences, and prohibitions on certain inducement offers. The proposed changes aim to align regulatory frameworks with evolving market and societal expectations, bolstering industry sustainability and consumer protection.","focusai_entities":"New South Wales Liquor and Gaming Authority, ILGA, Anthony Keon, Hospitality and Racing, Liquor & Gaming NSW, Rob Waterhouse","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of these enhanced regulatory measures, particularly the inducement prohibitions and increased penalties, on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of licensed operators in New South Wales?"},{"label":"Compliance Framework Evolution?","query":"How will the proposed shift towards additional penalty notice offences, as an alternative to court prosecution, alter the regulatory compliance framework and enforcement efficiency for the New South Wales Liquor and Gaming Authority?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30525"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30547,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30525\/revisions\/30547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}