Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Any person who by
deceit or any fraudulent means in or in relation to a game, lottery, sport,
race, exercise or other contest or pastime —
(a)
obtains or attempts to obtain any prize, or any money, property or benefit; or
(b)
gains or attempts to gain a benefit, pecuniary or otherwise, for any person;
or
(c)
causes or attempts to cause a detriment, pecuniary or otherwise, to any
person; or
(d)
induces or attempts to induce another —
(i)
to deliver property to any person; or
(ii)
to do any act which he is lawfully entitled to abstain
from doing; or
(iii)
to omit to do any act which he is lawfully entitled to
do,
commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $100 000.
(2) A person shall be
taken to have employed fraudulent means if he cheats or otherwise employs any
wrongful practice, trick, scheme or device —
(a) as
to the manner of play or the rules applicable; or
(b) in
regard to any player, or any gaming equipment, instrument of gaming, entrant
or participant; or
(c) in
bearing a part in the stakes, wagers or a venture; or
(d) in,
or in respect of, wagering on the event, or on the sides, or on the chances,
of entrants or participants,
in, in relation to, or
of the contest or pastime.
[Section 44 amended: No. 24 of 1998 s. 48; No. 35
of 2003 s. 146; No. 41 of 2018 s. 25(1); No. 53 of 2024 s. 52.]