Australia Gambling Licensing
The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) was passed by the Commonwealth Parliament on 28 June 2001 and was given Royal Assent by the Governor-General on 11 July 2001. The passage of the IGA was an important element of the Government's policy of preventing the escalation of the harmful effects of gambling on the Australian community.
The IGA targets the providers of interactive gambling services, not their potential or actual customers. The IGA makes it an offence to provide an interactive gambling service to a customer physically present in Australia.
Online wagering
Online wagering is not an offence under the IGA, except where wagers are accepted online after a sporting event has started, or use real-time, 'ball by ball' betting. Therefore, an online bet on a particular tennis match can be accepted during a tennis tournament but not after that particular match has started. Online bets during a match as to whether the next serve will be an ace are prohibited. Online wagering on a non-sporting event, before or after it has started, is exempt. Telephone betting via a standard voice call is exempt from the IGA.
Online lotteries
Online lotteries and the online sale of lottery tickets are not prohibited by the IGA.
The exception is for online instant and scratch lotteries, which in practice are virtually indistinguishable from other online, player-initiated games. The Minister has the discretion under section 10 of the IGA to make future regulations to ban highly repetitive or frequently drawn forms of keno-type lottery or similar types of lottery that are provided to customers using interactive communications networks or media.
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1. Rosendorff Lawyers
Level 3
10 Queens Rd
Melbourne 3004
Australia
Phone: +1300 760614
Fax: +61 3 83202905
Website: www.rosendorff.com.au
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2. Avanti Lawyers – Attorneys in Bundall, Australia
International Full Service Law Firm for Corporations & Individuals
31 Crombie St
Bundall 4217 QLD
Australia
Tel: +617 55 280 999
Fax: +617 55 187 600
3. Cowell Clarke – Attorneys in Adelaide, Australia
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63 Pirie Street
Adelaide 5000
Australia
Tel: +61 8 82281111
Fax: +61 8 82281100
4. PLN Lawyers Sydney (Pacific Legal Network) – Attorneys in Sydney, Australia
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GPO Box 5072
Sydney 2000
Australia
Tel: +61 2 9267 7344
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