Venue Operational Requirements

7.08 Bet Limit


A gaming machine must have a maximum bet limit of $5.

See Table 11.2 of the Australian/New Zealand Gaming Machine National Standard 2016.

See Ministerial Directions gazetted on 02 May 2008.

A venue operator must not allow a gaming machine to be played if it does not function in the manner in which it was designed and programmed to function, and this includes a gaming machine which accepts wagers greater than $5.

See section 3.5.21 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003.
See Chapter 08 – Events, Faults and Malfunctions

Industry participants can access, via the following link, templates to Gaming Machine Event Register (PDF: 63KB) and Suspected Malfunction of a Gaming Machine Form (PDF: 58KB). Venues may wish to produce their own documents. These templates indicate the minimum details required in a suggested format.