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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 7.2.2

Offence to conduct unauthorised interactive gaming

    (1)     A person must not—

        (a)     conduct an interactive gaming business at or from a place in Victoria; or

        (b)     own, control or operate a computer server in Victoria that enables interactive games to be played; or

        (c)     offer or advertise in Victoria the playing of interactive games; or

        (d)     seek to obtain a commercial advantage from the use of premises in Victoria for the playing of interactive games

unless the person is a licensed provider or is authorised under a corresponding law and the person's licence or authority authorises that activity.

Penalty:     For a first offence, 600 penalty units;

For a second or subsequent offence, 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

    (2)     For the purposes of subsection (1), if a wager for an interactive game is placed at premises or money is deposited at premises to be held on behalf of a player for the purposes of interactive gaming, an interactive gaming business is taken to be conducted at those premises.

    (3)     A person who supplies to the public a listed carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth) that enables end-users to access the Internet is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1)(c) by reason only of hosting or carrying information—

        (a)     kept on a data storage device; and

        (b)     accessed or available for access using that service—

if the person was not aware of that information.

Part 3—Interactive gaming licences

Division 1—Licensing procedure



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