@TheGooner 156146 wrote:
Sporting betting is fine – as long as they do not allow “in-play” betting on the game.
So Australians can bet on Sports and even use betting exchanges like Betfair, but they are not allowed to use the “in-play” function. Betfair spent quite a bit of effort creating a special “australian wallet” to restrict functions away from these users.
It seems that the definition was designed to restrict poker and casino games and that the key part is “makes it an offence to provide, or advertise, certain interactive gambling services” …
This interactive has been specfied some where else to mean short term repetitive betting (like slots or blackjack, or betting on who wins the next point in a tennis match).
So places like Centrebet and Canbet can legally operate a SportsBetting, Casino and Poker site in Australia – but are only allowed to offer the sportsbetting to Australian citizens ..
(at least that’s the way that I’ve been told to market it … by both organizations)
Hope that helps.
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Ah that would be in the Internet Broadcasting Act… or something like that. I was looking for that one before …
Thanks for filling in the gaps 
So if I’m correct, the laws still don’t say that its illegal to play, just to provide or advertise right?