he Victorian Government and the Opposition have reached an agreement on the Casino Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 that will see it passed by both houses of Parliament this week, Gaming Minister Tony Robinson said today.
Mr Robinson said he welcomed the agreement on the passage of the Bill, which would more closely align the rate of tax paid by Crown Casino on revenue from its gaming machines with tax rates paid by other venues.
“More closely aligning the tax paid by Crown on its pokie revenue will raise more than $100 million over the next four years for Victorian hospitals and health services,” he said.
“This bill will end an historical anomaly where Crown paid a lower tax rate than other gaming venues in Victoria.
“The tax rate paid by Crown on gaming machine revenue will rise progressively from 22.25 per cent to 32.57 per cent in 2014-15.”
Mr Robinson said the Government agreed to implement a number of additional measures to address problem gambling to secure the passage of the Bill.
“The Opposition asked the Government to increase the problem gambling advertising campaign, boosting it by $1.5 million,” he said.
“The Government has also agreed to provide $2.1 million for further problem gambling research, $1.5 million for the Community Advocate on Gambling and 20 extra trainers to educate gaming venue staff about the signs of problem gambling.”
Mr Robinson said minimum training standards and numbers for casino staff working around fully automated table games will be developed with Crown and the definition of fully automated table game will be clarified.
Extra harm minimisation features will also be introduced on fully automated table games at Crown and there will be no increase of the house advantage by adding 00 to fully automated roulette.
Issued by the Government of Victoria 7th December 2009
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