{"id":777010610,"date":"2023-10-26T06:36:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T09:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010610"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:48:42","slug":"queensland-introduces-new-casino-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/queensland-introduces-new-casino-laws","title":{"rendered":"Queensland introduces new casino laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The reforms will introduce mandatory carded play and pre-commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Queensland has drawn up reforms for casino laws designed to enhance oversight and integrity.  The &#8220;Casino Control and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 includes recommendations from the review of The Star Entertainment Group&#8217;s operations in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the key provisions is mandatory carded play in Queensland&#8217;s casinos. There will be restrictions on the use of cash and a mandatory pre-commitment, with spending limits and enforced breaks in play.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest amendments build upon reforms from last year, which introduced penalties of up to AU$100m for casinos. These have\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/star-entertainment-fined-over-breaches-at-queensland-casinos\" target=\"_blank\">already been applied in disciplinary actions against The Star<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister for justice and attorney-general,\u00a0Yvette D\u2019Ath, said: \u201cThe new laws will ensure organisations associated with Queensland casinos are subject to inquiries every five years. This will assist in determining the ongoing suitability of those organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCasino executives will be required to undertake particular duties in relation to the operation of a casino, and there will be significant personal penalties for non-compliance. There will also be a supervision levy imposed on casino licensees so that the costs of regulating casinos will not be passed onto taxpayers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese reforms will continue to modernise Queensland\u2019s gambling and casino laws to ensure they remain effective now and into the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reforms will introduce mandatory carded play and pre-commitments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Queensland has enacted the \"Casino Control and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023,\" introducing significant reforms to enhance casino oversight and integrity. Key provisions include mandatory carded play, restrictions on cash use, and mandatory pre-commitment with spending limits and enforced breaks. These amendments also impose a supervision levy on licensees and significant personal penalties for non-compliant casino executives.","focusai_entities":"The Star Entertainment Group, Yvette D\u2019Ath","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.9), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Impact Analysis","query":"What are the projected capital expenditure and operational expenditure implications for Queensland casino operators in implementing mandatory carded play and pre-commitment systems, and how might this affect GGR and NGR forecasts?"},{"label":"Governance & Accountability","query":"How will the new five-year suitability inquiries and significant personal penalties for non-compliant executives reshape corporate governance frameworks and executive risk profiles within Queensland's casino sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154,158],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777010610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010610","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=777010610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041080,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010610\/revisions\/777041080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}