New South Wales Consolidated Acts

BETTING AND RACING ACT 1998 - SECT 33I

33I Gambling-related advertisements during sporting fixtures

(1) This section applies to a sporting fixture that is, or is part of, a sporting event for which there is a sports controlling body.

(2) A person must not publish a gambling advertisement in relation to a sporting fixture during the sporting fixture including during any breaks in the sporting fixture.

: Maximum penalty--

(a) for an individual--50 penalty units, or

(b) for a corporation--500 penalty units.

(3) This section does not apply to an extended sporting fixture unless the Minister has published a notice in the Gazette that provides that this section is to apply to that fixture. The Minister may publish a notice if the Minister considers it to be in the public interest.

(4) This section does not apply to the following advertisements--

(a) an advertisement to the extent that it is published on the internet,

(b) an advertisement to the extent that it is published in gambling premises.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, an advertisement that is in place before a sporting fixture commences (such as an advertisement on a billboard) is taken, for the purposes of this section, not to be published during the sporting fixture.

(6) In this section--

"extended sporting fixture" means--

(a) a sporting fixture that is scheduled to take place over a period exceeding 4 hours, or

(b) a sporting fixture that takes place on multiple days.

"gambling premises" means a hotel, racing club or registered club within the meaning of the Liquor Act 2007 or premises operated by a licensee (or an agent of a licensee) under the Totalizator Act 1997 for the purposes of the conduct of a totalizator under that Act.

"sporting fixture" means a single match, game, contest, race (but not a race as defined in section 4) or fight, whether taking place on a single day or multiple days.