Did you know? It is illegal to own a decommissioned gaming machine in Queensland. No, you can’t buy an old machine from eBay to place on the bar at home. In fact, under the Gaming Machine Act 1991, it is an…
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Support Responsible Gambling Awareness Week at your venue
How does your gambling stack up? This is the question OLGR is posing to Queensland gamblers during Responsible Gambling Awareness Week (RGAW) 2018, which is being held from 30 July to 5 August. Every year RGAW aims to encourage gamblers…
NEW COURSE – Hospitality compliance skill set
HOSPITALITY COMPLIANCE SKILL SET Maybe in your current employment you no longer need your RMLV to be kept up-to-date? For example, you may be involved in a: Small restaurant which does not open after midnight Small Club with under 2,000…
When can Gaming Licensees pay winnings over $10,000? Your obligations under AUSTRAC.
Under Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws, gaming licensees cannot pay winnings of $10,000 or more until they have collected and verified required information about the customer. For individuals, licensees will need to collect the customer’s full name, date…
New “gambling too much?” material is available
During July 2014, licensees would have received new player information, odds of winning and ‘Gambling too much?’ in-venue display material from the Office of Regulatory Policy. We remind all licensees of their obligation to make the material available to their…
OLGR website to be decommissioned in September
OLGR is one of the first agencies to jump on board the Queensland Governments one-stop shop plan which aims to make government services simpler, clearer and faster for all Queenslanders. In September 2014, OLGR will decommission its website and distribute…
Support the Southern Cross University Research on the use of Social Media and Gambling
The Southern Cross University Centre for Gambling Education and Research (CGER) is conducting a world leading study to examine the intersection, convergence and cross over between social media, social gaming, and gambling. OLGR encourages members of the industry to support…
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Queensland community groups benefit from $10 million in grants
The Queensland Government recently announced round 78 of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund, awarding almost 450 community organisations across Queensland a total of more than $10 million. These grants will help Queensland not-for-profit organisations provide programs and services in their…
Card-based and TITO gaming now approved
Licensed venues throughout Queensland can now operate coinless and hopper-less gaming machines which have card-based gaming or TITO (Ticket-in Ticket-out) functionality enabled for those gaming machines. read more… Card-based gaming allows players to insert and collect gaming machine credit by using…
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