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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100% right.
We can offer Sportsbetting to players in Aus, but we are not allowed to advertise. As far as I understand the “In-Play” betting, players can bet “In-Play”, but they have to place the bets over the phone, and not on the Net.
Also, we are not allowed to offer ANY Poker or Casino play to player physically present in Australia.