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Regional Caps

The Victorian Government announced new regional caps on electronic gaming machines following consideration of the recommendations of the Regional Electronic Gaming Machine Caps Review Panel.

Under the new regional caps policy, nineteen regions will be capped at either ten gaming machines per 1000 adults or the existing density of the region – whichever is lower. It is estimated that approximately 540 gaming machines will be removed from six of the nineteen capped regions.

Maps of the capped regions can be downloaded from this section.

The Regional Electronic Gaming Machine Caps Review Panel reported to the Minister for Gaming in November 2005. The report can be obtained from the Office of Gaming and Racing or can be downloaded from this website. 

The new regional caps are part of Taking Action on Problem Gambling the government’s five year strategy to combat problem gambling in Victoria.

The government’s response to the panel’s recommendations and its new regional caps policy is outlined in the regional caps supplement to Taking Action on Problem Gambling.

The regional caps supplement is available from the Office of Gaming and Racing or can be downloaded from this website.

For further information on the government’s new regional caps policy download the Regional Caps Fact Sheet.