Victorian Current Acts

GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 4.5.31

S. 4.5.31(1) amended by No. 9/2018 s. 16(2).

    (1)     A sports betting provider must not, in Victoria or elsewhere—

        (a)     accept, offer to accept, or invite a person to place, a bet; or

        (b)     facilitate the placing of a bet—

on a contingency relating to an event that is the subject of a prohibition under section 4.5.29.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

S. 4.5.31(2) amended by Nos 20/2015 s. 56(Sch. 1 item 7), 9/2018 s. 16(3).

    (2)     Despite anything in Subdivision (1) of Division 1 of Part II of the Crimes Act 1958 , a person is not involved in the commission of an offence against subsection (1) only because the person places a bet on a prohibited contingency relating to an event with a sports betting provider.

Ch. 4 Pt 5 Div. 7 (Heading and ss 4.5.32, 4.5.33) inserted by No. 64/2014 s. 21.

Division 7—Monitoring integrity in sports betting

S. 4.5.32 inserted by No. 64/2014 s. 21.