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Gaming machine technical standards

These standards are our requirements around game features, display notices and general machine operation, including metering.

Operators or end users should not rely upon these standards as a measure of reliability, quality or minimal security standards.

These standards allow equivalence between different types of technology and do not specify ownership products or technologies. Testing regimes for these standards will permit equivalent international standards.

The technical standards are not intended to limit game content or the use of new technological development provided that the objectives of the standards are met.

Gaming machine technical standards can be downloaded for each category of machine.

Gaming machine standards - categories A and B1 (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards – category B2 (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards – categories B3 & B4 (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - category B3A (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - category C (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - complex category D (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - non-complex category D machines (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - B3, B4, C and D legacy machines (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - cashless payment machine systems (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - linked progressives (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - wireless network (PDF)
Gaming machine technical standards - server networked and downloadable (PDF)

Consultation update 30 September 2026

We have recently published our response to the 2025 gaming machine consultation. The interim Gaming Machine Technical Standard - a gaming machine 'session' will come into effect on 30 March 2027. Thereafter, the finalised Gaming Machine Technical Standards and Gaming Machine Testing Strategy will both come into effect on 30 June 2027. These documents are included in the following asset files for information purposes only.

Files

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Last updated: 30 September 2026

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