{"id":777013905,"date":"2024-03-13T09:15:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T12:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013905"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:05:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:05:26","slug":"lgnsw-fines-royal-inn-hotel-over-breach-of-gaming-machine-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/lgnsw-fines-royal-inn-hotel-over-breach-of-gaming-machine-laws","title":{"rendered":"L&amp;GNSW fines Royal Inn Hotel over breach of gaming machine laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The hotel has been fined AU$7,540.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The New South Wales regulator,\u00a0<strong>Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW (L&amp;GNSW)<\/strong>, has fined the licensee of <strong>the Royal Inn Hotel <\/strong>at Waratah, Newcastle, AU$7,540 (US$4,976.4) for operating gaming machines outside of authorised hours. According to the regulator,\u00a0<strong>the venue admitted 13 offences under the Gaming Machines Act 2001<\/strong>\u00a0at Downing Centre Local Court on March 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Inn Hotel operated gaming machines during the shutdown period from 1am to 7am on Saturdays April 15, 22 and 29 2023.\u00a0The hotel attributed the breaches to a misunderstanding of licence conditions by the approved manager. The Magistrate underscored the licensee&#8217;s responsibility to ensure staff are adequately trained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pubs-and-clubs-in-nsw-to-have-a-responsible-gambling-officers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liquor &amp; Gaming NSW<\/a>\u00a0executive director,\u00a0<strong>Jane Lin<\/strong>, stated: \u201cThese restrictions are in place to reduce the risks of gambling harm by limiting the time patrons can spend playing gaming machines. Apart from breaking the law, the Royal Inn Hotel placed its patrons at greater risk of gambling harm. As this case shows, venues that fail to abide by gaming machine trading hours can expect to be caught and face significant penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-court-rules-ilga-cannot-revoke-certain-gaming-machine-approvals\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NSW court rules ILGA cannot revoke certain gaming machine approvals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hotel has been fined AU$7,540.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Royal Inn Hotel in Waratah, Newcastle, has been fined AU$7,540 by Liquor & Gaming NSW for 13 breaches of the Gaming Machines Act 2001, operating gaming machines outside authorized hours. The breaches, attributed to a manager's misunderstanding of licence conditions, underscore the licensee's responsibility for staff training and regulatory compliance to mitigate gambling harm.","focusai_entities":"Liquor & Gaming NSW, L&GNSW, Royal Inn Hotel, Jane Lin","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Waratah, Newcastle","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Compliance Impact","query":"What are the broader implications for other NSW operators regarding staff training and compliance protocols for gaming machine hours?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Benchmarking","query":"How does Liquor & Gaming NSW's enforcement strategy for operational hour breaches compare to other Australian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[24388],"class_list":["post-777013905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-liquor-and-gaming-nsw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013905","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=777013905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013933,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013905\/revisions\/777013933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}