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Services › Casino and Non-Casino Gaming › Forms
Gambling licence application forms and guidelines are available for download as PDF* files.
Class 3 Gambling Forms
Class 3 Gambling FormsClass 3 gambling must be run by a society. Class 3 gambling is gambling where prizes offered or awarded in the gambling activity, or in one session of the gambling, exceed $5000 / potential turnover exceeds $25,000. Examples include larger-scale lotteries (such as raffles and sweepstakes), housie (also known as bingo), instant games (scratch and win games run by schools and mystery envelopes), prize competitions (such as tagged fishing competitions, sporting competitions where some or all of the entrants go into a draw, rugby tipping-type competitions, and calcuttas), and games of chance (such as filly stakes, parlour derbys and gaming sessions / casino evenings).Class 4 Gambling Forms
Class 4 Gambling FormsAny activity that involves the use of a gaming machine outside a casino is Class 4 gambling. Class 4 gambling may be conducted only by a corporate society and only to raise money for authorised purposes (e.g. community and non-commercial).Casino Gambling Forms
Casino Gambling FormsCasino gambling is gambling to which both a casino venue licence and a casino operator’s licence applies.*You need Adobe Reader installed on your computer to view our forms. If you are unable to open the forms we recommend you get the latest version of Adobe Reader. You can download and install Acrobat Reader for free from the Adobe website.
Unable to download or access our forms? Contact the Gambling Compliance Group and request printed copies.