{"id":777027203,"date":"2025-06-02T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777027203"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:22:32","slug":"victoria-gambling-legislation-amendment-bill-passed-with-delay-on-carded-play-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/victoria-gambling-legislation-amendment-bill-passed-with-delay-on-carded-play-trial","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill passed with delay on carded play trial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government says extra time will allow it to examine best practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Victorian Parliament has approved the\u00a0Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2024<\/a> but has postponed the trial of a mandatory card-based pre-commitment system for gaming venues. The trial had been scheduled for May \u2013 June 2025, but the government said more time will allow an examination of national best practices and technology-neutral options for the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation limits maximum stakes for electronic gaming machines to AU$100 (US$68.31) a time, down from the current limit of AU$1,000 and slows the spin rates for machines from 2.3\u00a0seconds to 3\u00a0seconds per spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mandatory carded-play, to be introduced later, would require players to set pre-determined spending limits for machines. The default spending limit would be set at AU$50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) said: “Further ministerial directions and supporting regulations will be developed for consideration along with consultation with industry and stakeholders on timelines for the future implementation of the trial before it commences.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Greyhound Racing New Zealand challenges ban on the sport<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government says extra time will allow it to examine best practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777025045,"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 Parliament has approved the Gambling Legislation Amendment Bill 2024, introducing stricter controls on electronic gaming machines (EGMs) including a maximum stake of AU$100 and slower spin rates. However, the trial of a mandatory card-based pre-commitment system has been postponed to allow for examination of national best practices and technology-neutral options, with industry consultation pending.","focusai_entities":"Victorian Parliament, Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, VGCCC","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.9), tech_data (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Pre-commitment System Impact?","query":"What are the specific 'national best practices' being examined for the mandatory card-based pre-commitment system, and how might these influence the final design and implementation timeline for Victorian operators?"},{"label":"GGR\/NGR Projections?","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for Victorian EGM operators resulting from the AU$100 stake limit and slower spin rates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[289,29,23911],"class_list":["post-777027203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-australia","tag-casino","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027203","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=777027203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777027223,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777027203\/revisions\/777027223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777025045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777027203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777027203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777027203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}