Casino Control Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Licensing of Casinos
43. Operating casino without casino licence prohibited
Feedback & supportLast amended by an amending law of 2024.
A person must not operate a casino without a valid casino licence in force.
casino
“casino” means any premises, or part of premises, within a designated site where persons may participate in casino gambling approved by the Authority;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —
for a first offence, to a fine not exceeding $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $50,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and
for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $700,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $70,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
The court before which a person is convicted of an offence under this section, in addition to imposing on that person any other punishment, is to order the payment by that person of a sum which is equal to that person’s gross gaming revenue for the period that the offence was committed, and any such payment ordered is recoverable as a fine.
In this section, “gross gaming revenue” has the meaning given by section 146 as if the person who operated the casino had been a casino operator.
casino operator
“casino operator” means a person who is the holder of a casino licence;