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Gaming Machine and Equipment Suppliers
Senet provides support and strategic commercial advice to gaming machine and equipment suppliers, including for cashless gaming technology and systems, loyalty programs, and regulatory compliance.
Gaming machine and equipment suppliers are key stakeholders in the reforms underway in the gaming sector in Australia, including cashless gaming trials.
The gaming sector in Australia is currently undergoing significant reforms with moves to cashless gaming and a series of cashless gaming trials to help minimise gambling harm and risks associated with money laundering.
Gaming machine and equipment suppliers are required to be approved by relevant state and territory regulators in order to provide their machines and equipment to venues in relevant jurisdictions.
Our clients rely on our advice to help them make the right strategic and commercial decisions in Australia’s complex and changing legal, regulatory and political environment. We believe it is paramount to understand our clients’ aspirations in order to provide robust analysis and pragmatic advice.
How we help gaming machine and equipment suppliers
Advice in relation to new or varied product offerings
Agreements with suppliers and customers, including software agreements
Assistance with security arrangements (including Personal Property Securities registrations)
Privacy obligations and compliance
Product design and compliance advice
Regulatory approvals
Regulatory licensing and registration
Gambling compliance training
Through the Senet Compliance Academy, we offer comprehensive gambling compliance training, ensuring staff remain compliant with Australia’s legal and regulatory standards. Our courses are designed to help businesses cultivate a compliance culture, protect against financial crime and reduce gambling-related harm.
Get in touch for a complete range of gambling law and advisory services
FAQ
Gaming Machine and Equipment Supplier Knowledge
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Gaming machine and other equipment manufacturers, software developers and technical services suppliers selling products and/or services used for gambling-related activities are also required to hold a relevant licence (including providers of gaming machine monitoring services). Such licences often require the licensee to comply with complex national standards, as adopted by the relevant state or territory.
For example, in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1993 (Tas), the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission (TLGC) maintains a list of approved entities that provide testing services or otherwise manufacture or supply gaming equipment to gaming operators, casino operators or minor gaming operators within Tasmania (the Roll of Recognised Manufacturers, Suppliers and Testers of Gaming Equipment or Roll). A listing on the Roll can be contingent on complying with conditions imposed by the TLGC. A similar framework operates in other Australian jurisdictions, including Victoria.
Another example is the framework in New South Wales. In New South Wales, the following licences are available to those entities involved in the manufacturing, selling, servicing, or testing of gaming machines:
Gaming machine technician licence;
Gaming machine seller’s licence;
Gaming machine dealer’s licence; and
Gaming machine testing facility licence.
Each licence has distinct probity related checks and various obligations, including in relation to renewal and notification of change in ownership structure.