Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

UNLAWFUL GAMBLING ACT 2009 - SECT 28

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person sends to someone the person knows is a child a document that invites, or may reasonably be implied to invite, the child to—

        (a)     make a bet; or

        (b)     enter into or take a share or interest in a bet; or

        (c)     apply to someone or at a place to obtain information or advice in relation to a bet.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (2)     In this section:

"bet" does not include—

        (a)     a bet that is part of a game declared by the commission under section 9 (2); or

        (b)     the buying of a raffle ticket.