The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission ( VGCCC) is Vic’s independent gambling authority responsible for licensing and compliance. Set out below are the regulators responsible for regulating gambling activity in each Australian State and Territory: In addition, a series of Federal statutes also cover certain aspects of gambling activity throughout Australia. Instead, gambling in Australia is regulated at both the State/Territory and Federal level.Įach of Australia’s eight mainland States and Territories separately regulates gambling activities within each of their respective jurisdictions. There is no single overarching statute regulating gambling activities in Australia, nor is there a single overarching gambling authority. If these games are not entirely skill-based (that is, there is an element of chance), then they will be subject to the relevant gaming laws. Skill-based gaming machines (which are a mixture of skill and chance) are starting to emerge in casinos however, regulatory approvals have been slow to date as a result of the lack of available research on harm minimisation.
Any skill games and competitions with no element of chance are not typically regarded as gambling, but may fall within certain ‘interactive gaming’ regimes when operated online and be regulated by State and Territory gambling regulators.