Western Australian Current Regulations

RACING AND WAGERING WESTERN AUSTRALIA REGULATIONS 2003 - REG 64

64 .         RWWA may specify aspects of sporting events

        (1)         For the purposes of conducting wagering in relation to prescribed sporting events, RWWA may specify in the rules of wagering any or all of the following —

            (a)         one or more games of a particular prescribed sporting event upon which it will accept wagers (see also regulation 33) ;

            (b)         one or more games of a particular prescribed sporting event that may be substituted in the case of a cancellation, postponement or other reason that as a result is not obtained from a prescribed sporting event, or may specify that the wagers will be refunded in those circumstances (see also regulations 40 , 41 and  43) ;

            (c)         the requirement that the sporting event be conducted within the rules of, and under the authority of, a specified body if wagers are to be taken (see also regulation 29(1)(c)) ;

            (d)         whether a particular sporting event is to be taken as having a result, despite disqualifications, scratchings, ongoing protests, appeals, drug testing, or like events, or may specify a delegate (steward) as having the responsibility to make official announcements of results in relation to a particular sporting event or type of sporting event;

            (e)         the list that is to be used in determining which teams are to be described as “away teams” and as “home teams” from week to week, in relation to a sporting event (see also regulation 39(1)) ;

            (f)         a collection of games that is to be regarded as a pool of games in relation to the particular sporting event (see also regulation 39(1)) ;

            (g)         the hours during which, and the places at which, wagers may be made in relation to specific sporting events (see also regulations 34 and 35) ;

            (h)         the closing time for the acceptance of wagers (see also regulations 39 , 61(2) and 65(2)) ;

                  (i)         the dividend to be paid for a unit of 50 cents in relation to the sporting event on which the wager was made (see also regulation 31) ;

            (j)         whether the competition that is the subject of the wagering is at State, national or international level;

            (k)         whether a particular age group within the sport, or whether the male or female competition within the sport, is to be the subject of wagering.

        (2)         In this regulation the description game includes the description “match”, “bout”, “round”, “competition”, “ceremony” and other common methods of describing a sporting event.

        [Regulation 64 inserted: Gazette 30 Jan 2004 p. 387‑8.]