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Registration provides a public record of
relevant information about service providers.
However, the granting of registration is a
purely administrative act with no real
discretion to refuse to
register. A register of gaming operators would
provide consumers with information as to the
identity of
gaming service operators and could include
information about the qualification, training
and experience
of individual gaming operators. Requiring all
persons conducting gaming to be registered would
enhance
registration as an option. However, the actual
process of becoming registered would still have
to be
automatic on provision of the relevant
information; otherwise registration becomes a de
facto form of
licensing.
Registration would require legislative support
to operate and a registering authority to
administer it.
Legislative provisions making it an offence to
provide false or misleading information for
inclusion on the
register could enhance the integrity of the
register. Registration does not establish
minimum standards
for entry to the market. Registration will not
mean that the casino gaming service provider
necessarily
possesses the management skills or financial
capability to operate casino gaming enterprises.
Mere
registration will not address issues of probity
and integrity. The potential for unscrupulous
operators to be
active in the gaming industry will not be
addressed by a process of registration as
opposed to a process
of licensing involving detailed probity checks.
Registration does not stand alone as a viable
alternative to
a system of licensing for the gaming industry.
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