By state
Casino hotel rules by state
This guide groups the listed casino hotels by Australian state or territory. It records the regulator named in the facts file, the published help line, the 18+ entry rule and the houses covered by this index. Where a regulator page, self-exclusion scheme or age source was unavailable, the table says so rather than filling the gap.
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index / By state
| State / territory | Regulator named in facts | Help line | Entry age | Houses in the facts file |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIC | Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) | Gambler's Help 1800 858 858 | 18; medium confidence note because no fetched VIC regulator page or Crown Melbourne casino page printed the age | Crown Melbourne — Melbourne (Southbank) |
| NSW | NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC) — 'The NICC was established to regulate NSW casinos' | GambleAware 1800 858 858 | 18; medium confidence note because the NICC home page printed a minors enforcement item but no plain age line | Crown Sydney — Sydney (Barangaroo). Outside the ten: The Star Sydney — Sydney (Pyrmont) |
| WA | Gaming and Wagering Commission of Western Australia (GWC); department responsible for regulation of community gaming, casino gaming and racing industries | Gambling Helpline 1800 858 858 (gamblinghelponline.org.au) | 18; medium confidence | Crown Perth — Perth (Burswood) |
| QLD | Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR), Queensland Government | Gambling Helpline 1800 858 858, 'available 24/7', funded by the Queensland Government | 18 | The Star Gold Coast — Gold Coast (Broadbeach); The Star Brisbane — Brisbane (Queen's Wharf); Reef Hotel Casino (Pullman) — Cairns; The Ville Resort-Casino — Townsville |
| SA | Commissioner for Liquor and Gambling, South Australia (Consumer and Business Services, CBS); low confidence because cbs.sa.gov.au returned 403 | Gambling Helpline 1800 858 858; low confidence because seen only in a search snippet | 18; medium confidence | Outside the ten: Eos by SkyCity / SkyCity Adelaide — Adelaide |
| NT | Gaming Control Act 1993 (NT) — administering agency 'Department of Tourism and Hospitality' except taxes and levies, and 'Department of Treasury and Finance' for taxes and levies | Amity Community Services: Darwin 8944 6565, remote 1800 858 858; G-line national 1800 858 858; Mindil: 'Gambling Counselling Helpline 1800 858 858, 24/7' | 18 | Mindil Beach Casino Resort — Darwin. Outside the ten: Lasseters Hotel Casino — Alice Springs |
| TAS | Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission (Liquor and Gaming Branch, Department of Treasury and Finance); low confidence because treasury.tas.gov.au returned 403 | Gamblers Help 1800 858 858 | 18 | Wrest Point — Hobart (Sandy Bay); Country Club Tasmania — Launceston (Prospect Vale) |
How to read the state table
The table below is a jurisdiction map, not a score table. The hotel scoring sits on method and weights, with the full values in the 30-parameter table and the grouped result in scores by group. This page only answers where each house sits and which public body is named for that state or territory.
Every casino entry in this index is a physical venue. The facts file also records the national rule that Australia bans online casino play under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This site does not provide casino play and does not imply that casino play is available online.
The entry age is 18 across all states and territories. Some state rows have stronger source wording than others. For example, Queensland and Northern Territory venue material states the age directly, while the Victorian and New South Wales rows carry medium confidence notes because the fetched regulator or venue pages did not print a plain age line. The national rule is still applied consistently across the index.
Help-line wording is quoted as published in the facts file. Most rows use the national 1800 858 858 number with state-specific branding, such as Gambler’s Help, GambleAware or Gambling Helpline. The Northern Territory row also records Amity Community Services and Darwin 8944 6565, because that wording appears in the facts file.
Houses covered by this index
The ten scored houses are not spread evenly by state. Queensland has four entries: The Star Gold Coast, The Star Brisbane, Reef Hotel Casino in Cairns and The Ville in Townsville. Tasmania has two entries, Wrest Point and Country Club Tasmania. Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales and the Northern Territory each have one scored entry.
South Australia has a casino hotel mentioned in the facts file, Eos by SkyCity / SkyCity Adelaide, but it is not one of the ten scored houses on the index. It appears in the state table because the brief asks for a state regulator view. The same approach is used for New South Wales and the Northern Territory, where The Star Sydney and Lasseters Alice Springs are noted as outside the ten.
Treasury Brisbane is not listed as an operating house. The facts file states that Treasury Brisbane closed on 25 August 2024, when gaming moved to The Star Brisbane at Queen’s Wharf. Any older list that treats Treasury Brisbane as current is not followed here.
Regulatory notes and source limits
Regulator names and licence notes are taken only from the state facts. For Victoria, the named regulator is the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, and the facts record that Crown Melbourne Limited holds the only Victorian licence to operate the Melbourne Casino. For Western Australia, the named regulator is the Gaming and Wagering Commission of Western Australia, with a suitability note following the Perth Casino review process.
Queensland carries a time-sensitive note. The facts file says The Star Gold Coast casino licence has been suspended, with suspension deferred, since 9 December 2022, and that the Special Manager appointment was extended to 30 September 2026. It also says The Star Brisbane was issued an unconditional casino licence on 28 August 2024, subject to an External Adviser and The Star’s Remediation Plan. No later Queensland decision was found on a fetched page.
Some self-exclusion rows are incomplete or low confidence because government pages returned 403 or only snippets were available. Tasmania’s TGES row and South Australia’s barring row are therefore marked as low confidence. New South Wales has a note that the fetched NICC and GambleAware pages did not name a casino self-exclusion scheme. These gaps are treated as source gaps, not as proof that a scheme does not exist.