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Gaming Machines Act s.49 (self-exclusion duty)

NSW gaming & clubs

Requires a hotelier or club authorised to keep approved gaming machines to (a) ensure patrons have access to a self-exclusion scheme and (b) publicise it. Breach: maximum 100 penalty units (s.49(3)). s.49(4) makes it lawful — not compelled — to prevent or remove a self-excluded participant; s.49(5) provides good-faith immunity. Scheme minimum requirements live in Gaming Machines Regulation 2019 cl.45.

This term sits in the NSW gaming & clubs section of the working glossary — vocabulary drawn from the Gaming Machines Act 2001, the Liquor Act 2007, the Registered Clubs Act 1976, and L&GNSW guidance.

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