Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 255

255 Void betting contracts etc.

Subject to sections 139 and 256—

(a) a contract relating to betting is void; and

(b) a promise, whether express or implied, to do any of the following under or in relation to a contract relating to betting is void—

(i) to pay money to a person;

(ii) to pay money to a person by way of commission, fee, reward or otherwise;

(iii) to pay money to a person for services rendered; and

(c) an action may not be brought in a court to recover money or other property—

(i) alleged to be won or lost on a bet; or

(ii) given to a person as a stakeholder for an event on which a bet has been made; or

(iii) lent or advanced for the purpose of betting.