Gaming Machines Act 2001

A hotelier must not—

keep an approved gaming machine in the hotel unless the gaming machine is located in a bar area (within the meaning of the Liquor Act 2007) of the hotel, or

permit an approved gaming machine in the hotel to be operated at any time other than a time when liquor may be lawfully sold or supplied under the Liquor Act 2007 in the bar area in which the gaming machine is kept or when the continued provision of services and facilities such as gambling activities is authorised by or under that Act at such a time.

Subsection (1) (a) does not apply in relation to an approved gaming machine that is stored by the hotelier at such place (whether or not in the hotel) and in such circumstances as may be approved by the Authority or that is kept in accordance with section 68 (b).