Do you want your charitable gaming trust, the holder of a Class 4 operating licence, to reduce the amount of time it spends dealing with the DIA?
Do you want to focus your efforts on distributing gaming machine proceeds to worthwhile community activities?
Do you want to get access to information which will make your job easier?
Do you want to reduce your costs so you can distribute more to the community?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions your Class 4 gambling society should be a member of the Charity Gaming Association (CGA). See our Information Memorandum for details about CGA.
During the last year the CGA delivered real dollar benefits to its members by negotiating a preferred supplier deal for the installation of fibre optic cabling so members’ machine can be hooked up to the electronic monitoring system. Savings of about $2000 a venue were enhanced by volume discounts. Many members paid for their subscription and more from the savings the CGA made available to them.
CGA also produced a Harm Minimization Training resource kit including a training video, on DVD, which provided a simple, cost-effective, in-house solution so venue operators can ensure their staff are trained to meet the requirements of the Gambling Act.
These are hard times. Societies are finding it harder and harder to meet the requirements of the legislation and the DIA. They need a strong voice in Wellington to make sure the law is interpreted fairly and reasonable requirements are placed on the operations of societies. Sharing information and effort is much better than trying to do it alone.
There’s no-one else who cares as much about the requirements being placed on the Class 4 gambling sector as the CGA.
· We care about the unfair venue payments system so we initiated a review of the venue payments Gazette Notice and we are working with the DIA to bring about change.
· We care about the huge changes being forced on venues in the name of harm minimization and prevention and we’re working to make sure money and time isn’t wasted on things which don’t work for problem gamblers.
· We care about inconsistent rule interpretations by the DIA and have set up a forum for compliance issues to be sorted out.
· We care about the responsibilities being placed on Boards of Trustees so we have set up ways for trustees to get together to discuss their problems and then to act on the outcomes.
· We care about excellence so we have established a set of best practice standards which will help our members do their job better.
Your best friend, where and when it matters, will be the CGA. Join the only organization which can make a united charity gaming sector a reality. We will contact you to answer your questions about membership of CGA.
