Legal Advice that Makes Business Work
International Association of Gambling Regulators
Australia : Internet Gambling Regulation
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Jamie Nettleton
Overview
• Prohibitionist or Permissive
• Online Sports Betting
• Product Fees - Race Fields Regime
• Advertising
• In-play/Sports Integrity
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Internet Gambling – Regulatory Regime
• Interactive Gambling Act 2001
• Prohibited Interactive Gambling Services
• Supply
• Publication/Broadcast of Advertisement
• Origins
• Tobacco
• US
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Exclusions from Prohibitions
• Wagering
- save to a limited extent
• Lotteries
- save to a limited extent
• Telephone
- what is a telephone?
• Venue based gaming
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Wagering/Sports Betting
• Telephone Betting
• Racing/Wagering
• Sports Betting
• State/Territory Licences
• Cross-Border Restrictions
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Removal of Cross – Border Restrictions
• Expansion (Explosion!) in Advertising
• Global Entrants
• Growth in Betting Authority
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Response to Removal of Cross –
Border Restrictions
• Product Fee and Integrity Agreements
- Product Fees
- Integrity
• Red Tape
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Race Fields Regime
Wagering Operators
Betfair
TABCORP
TATTSBET
UNITAB
Sportsbet
Sportingbet
Ladbrokes
RWWA
bet365
Others
Racing NSW
Racing
Victoria
Racing
Queensland
HRNSW
Racing SA
GRV
NRL
ARU
Cricket Australia
Tennis Australia
Other Bodies
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Unibet
Control Bodies
In - play
• What is it?
• Customer Demand
• Accessible Overseas
• Legal Complexity
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In-play Restrictions
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