{"id":777016010,"date":"2024-05-31T09:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016010"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:39:35","slug":"vgccc-fines-3-venues-for-operating-gaming-machines-outside-permitted-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vgccc-fines-3-venues-for-operating-gaming-machines-outside-permitted-hours","title":{"rendered":"VGCCC fines 3 venues for operating gaming machines outside permitted hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The three venues were collectively fined AU$60,000 (US$39,694).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The\u00a0<strong>Victorian Gambling and Casino Commission (VGCCC)<\/strong>\u00a0has fined three venue operators a combined AU$60,000 (US$39,694) after it found patrons continued to play machines outside of opening hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VGCCC offers an automatic enabling and disabling function for poker machines, provided by <strong>Intralot Gaming Services<\/strong>, at no cost to ensure machines are active only during approved gaming hours. It says 83 per cent of venue operators have chosen to adopt this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator said it closely monitors pokies play. It said: &#8220;We strongly urge venue operators to review their licence conditions and operating hours and ensure they have processes in place to only allow pokies to operate during permitted gaming hours.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vgccc-fines-bluebet-au50k-for-breaching-gambling-ads-rules\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VGCCC fines BlueBet AU$50k for breaching gambling ads rules<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The three venues were collectively fined AU$60,000 (US$39,694).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":35571,"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 Victorian Gambling and Casino Commission (VGCCC) has imposed combined fines of AU$60,000 on three venue operators for allowing poker machines to be played outside approved operating hours. This enforcement action underscores the VGCCC's stringent regulatory oversight and its expectation for operators to adhere to licensing conditions, despite offering automated compliance tools.","focusai_entities":"Victorian Gambling and Casino Commission, VGCCC, Intralot Gaming Services, BlueBet","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), tech_data (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"VGCCC Enforcement Trends","query":"What specific enhancements to the VGCCC's monitoring capabilities or enforcement priorities have led to this increased scrutiny of operational hour compliance among venue operators?"},{"label":"Operator Compliance Strategies","query":"How do these fines impact the broader operational compliance strategies for Victorian venue operators, particularly those not utilizing automated machine disabling functions, and what are the implications for their governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[24153],"class_list":["post-777016010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-victorian-gambling-and-casino-control-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016010","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=777016010"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016021,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016010\/revisions\/777016021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}