Aborted games
65 Aborted games
(1) An internet gaming licensee is to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the licensee's approved computer system enables a player whose participation in a game is, after he or she has made a wager, interrupted by:
a failure of the telecommunications system; or
a failure of the player's computer system,
that prevents the player from continuing with the game, to resume, on the restoration of the system, his or her participation in the game that was interrupted as at the time immediately before the interruption.
Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.
(2) If a licensee's computer system does not enable a player to continue, after the restoration of the system, with a game interrupted by a failure of the telecommunications system or the player's computer system, the licensee must:
(a) ensure that the game is terminated in accordance with the approved control system; and
(b) refund the amount of the wager to the player by placing it in the player's account.
Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.
(3) If a game has not terminated within the period after commencing that is specified in an internet gaming licensee's approved control system, the licensee must:
(a) ensure that the game is terminated in accordance with the approved control system; and
(b) deal with the amount of the wager in accordance with the approved control system.
Maximum penalty: 15 penalty units.
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