{"id":485903,"date":"2026-06-10T15:19:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/485903\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:19:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:19:47","slug":"vgccc-warning-over-filming-in-gaming-rooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/485903\/","title":{"rendered":"VGCCC warning over filming in gaming rooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has warned venues they could face a compliance risk over the posting of videos from inside gaming room by influencers on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The VGCCC said it has identified an increase in influencer videos that advertise and promote the use of electronic gaming machines in Victorian gaming venues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe advertising of EGMs in Victoria by any person is prohibited under the\u00a0Gambling Regulation Act (2003),\u201d the regulator said.\u00a0\u201cAs a result, influencers may be in\u00a0breach,\u00a0and penalties may apply.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVenues are also directly prohibited from advertising or promoting the use of EGMs, and\u00a0facilitating\u00a0social media influencers may present a compliance risk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome venues have\u00a0identified\u00a0the presence of social media influencers filming in their gaming machine areas and have proactively implemented a ban on filming in their venue to mitigate any compliance risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The VGCCC said it encourages venues to consider a \u2018no filming\u2019 policy in their venue, which will help to protect them from potential breaches.<\/p>\n<p>To assist venues in the management of the risk, a downloadable poster has been created and is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vgccc.vic.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-05\/VGCCC_Venue-Poster_no-filming_A4.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">available through the VGCCC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has warned venues they could face a compliance risk over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[163,85,46,522,523,224880],"class_list":["post-485903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-vgccc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}