Victorian Current Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 4.3A.34I

A direct participant in a brokered betting event, an indirect participant in a brokered betting event, or an associate of a direct participant or indirect participant in a brokered betting event, must not offer or accept a bet, through a betting exchange, of a kind that could reasonably be taken to constitute an inducement for—

        (a)     a human competitor in the event—

              (i)     to withdraw from, become disqualified for, or fail to participate in the event; or

              (ii)     not to participate in the event to the best of the human competitor's ability; or

              (iii)     to interfere with or jeopardise, contrary to the rules of the event, the performance of other human competitors, or any non-human competitors, in the event; or

              (iv)     to commit an offence against section 4.7.5 in relation to the conduct of an approved betting competition; or

        (b)     an official in the event—

              (i)     not to officiate in the event impartially; or

              (ii)     to commit an offence against section 4.7.5 in relation to the conduct of an approved betting competition.

Penalty:     600 penalty units.

S. 4.3A.34J inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 57.