Queensland (Australia): gambling regulation and licensing

Queensland regulates liquor and gambling together through the Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation, with its licensing material published through the state's Business Queensland portal rather than on a standalone regulator site. Combining the two functions in one office is the ordinary Australian pattern and reflects the historical link between licensed venues and gaming machines. Queensland's gambling profile is shaped by large integrated resort developments alongside a substantial club and hotel gaming machine sector, so the regulator's work spans a small number of very large licensees and a very large number of small ones. It also administers a Gambling Community Benefit Fund model of the kind several Australian states use to recycle gambling revenue into community grants. This profile records the regulating office and leaves the substantive detail as honest gaps. Vertical status, licence types, fees, tax treatment, advertising rules and compliance obligations have not yet been verified against primary sources. Readers should not read the presence of licensed casino and machine gaming as indicating an online offer supervised from Queensland: as elsewhere in Australia, online wagering reaching residents is largely licensed in another jurisdiction and constrained federally.

Regulator

Queensland Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation

Regulator type

Sub-national body

Headline tax

Not yet verified

Licence required

Not yet verified

Minimum age

Not yet verified

Tax base

Not yet verified

Advertising permitted

Yes

Watershed

There is no clock-based watershed in force today. Broadcast codes restrict gambling advertising around live sport, and from 1 January 2027 the federal reforms ban wagering advertising during live sport coverage from 15 minutes before until five minutes after events shown between 05:00 and 20:30.

Affiliate rules

Affiliates are not separately licensed. From 1 January 2027 the federal reforms ban commissions to affiliates calculated on customer activity, which removes revenue share as it is commonly structured.

Sponsorship rules

Sponsorship is permitted today, with arrangements varying by sporting code. The federal reforms commencing on 1 January 2027 prohibit wagering advertising in sports venues.

Celebrity and influencer rules

Advertising must not be directed at minors. From 1 January 2027 the ban on commissions to staff or affiliates based on customer activity removes a central part of the influencer and affiliate model.

Social media rules

Online advertising is within scope of the Interactive Gambling Act where the service advertised is prohibited. From 1 January 2027 the reforms extend restrictions to online advertising generally and add an opt-out register.

Bonus advertising rules

Inducements are restricted, and the position varies by state. From 1 January 2027 the federal reforms restrict direct marketing of inducements to new account holders for 14 days, to people who left BetStop within three months, and to any customer identified as at risk.

Mandatory warnings

Wagering advertising must carry one of the mandated rotating taglines introduced on 30 March 2023, which replaced the single "gamble responsibly" message with stronger and more specific wording.

Penalties for breach

The Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation supervises compliance, alongside ACMA enforcement of the federal regime.

1. Liquor and gaming | Business Queensland

   Queensland Government

   Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026
2. Interactive Gambling Act 2001

   Federal Register of Legislation (Australia)

   Tier 1Accessed 29 Aug 2026Published 11 Jul 2001