Sale/Purchase – Buying/Selling – Leasing

Prior to poker machines becoming legal in hotels there were card machines that you could gamble on. They only took 20 cent pieces and the maximum jackpot was $500. This is a rare piece of Australian gambling and pub culture, as well as, a great slice of social history. Acquiring a gaming machine Under NSW law, there are several licences and authorisations you must have in place before operating gaming machines. It is against the law to be in possession of a gaming machine in NSW unless properly authorised, with maximum penalties up to $11,000 and/or 12 months imprisonment.

Sale of Gaming Machine Entitlements

Purchase of Gaming Machine Entitlements

Leasing of Gaming Machine Entitlements

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Campbell Advisory is able to assist your Club or Hotel with your entitlements. Whether you are buying or selling, we can help you.

We have a dedicated team that can source entitlements, obtain the best price if selling entitlements and assist with all the legal technicalities that is associated with Gaming Machine Entitlements.

Acquiring a gaming machine

Under NSW law, there are several licences and authorisations you must have in place before operating gaming machines.

It is against the law to be in possession of a gaming machine in NSW unless properly authorised, with maximum penalties up to $11,000 and/or 12 months imprisonment.

Members of the public are advised not to purchase gaming machines if found advertised.

To operate gaming machines you need:

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1. a club liquor licence or a hotel liquor licence
2. sufficient Gaming Machine Threshold (GMT) for the number of machines you want to operate in your venue
3. a Gaming Machine Entitlement (GME) or a poker machine permit (PMP) for each gaming machine installed at the venue

Once you have the required authorisations and licences you will need to:

• buy a gaming machine from a licensed dealer or seller, or from another hotel or club
• contact Data Monitoring Systems (DMS) to arrange for the CMS equipment to be installed at your venue
• provide direct debit details to Revenue Assurance & Integrity Unit - via assurance.integrity@liquorandgaming.nsw.gov.au
• apply through Quickchange for authorisation to keep and operate the machine
• connect the gaming machine to the Centralised Monitoring System (CMS)

Note:

• Only clubs are permitted to operate multi-terminal gaming machines (MTGMs)
• Only hotels have poker machine permits
• Hotels with more than 10 gaming machines must have a Hotel Gaming Room

Financial arrangements to acquire gaming machines

If you buy gaming machines:

• payment must be in full and made within 90 days of the delivery date
• trade-ins are allowed as part of the purchase price
• payment can be in cash or a combination of cash and trade-in.

You can defer the 90 day payment however you must have a financial agreement approved by the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority Board (ILGA) already in place.

Your application for approval of a financial arrangement should be in the form of a letter detailing how the proposed arrangements meet the guidelines and clause 9 of the Gaming Machines Regulation 2019. The application must include a copy of the proposed financial arrangement.

Read: Financial Arrangements For The Acquisition of Gaming Machines PDF, 50.74 KB

Authorisation to keep or dispose of a gaming machine

To install a new gaming machine, change your existing gaming machine, or to dispose of a gaming machine in your venue, you must apply for authorisation.

Learn more about disposing of a gaming machines.

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​Fees

Example of how installation fees work:

• authorising one new device counts as one change
• de-authorising a device and replacing it with a new device counts as two changes
• authorising one device and attaching it to a progressive jackpot controller counts as two changes.

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Fees are direct debited a month after approval, from the account nominated for payment of your gaming machine tax.

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