Totalisator Act 2014

A licensee may accept a totalisator bet if the bet is made in accordance with the totalisator rules and this Act.

A person may place with the licensee a bet mentioned in subsection (1) and a person dealing with the licensee, or with an employee or agent of the licensee, in good faith is entitled to assume that the bet complies with the totalisator rules and this Act.

The licensee and its employees or agents must only accept bets (including bets by telephone or internet) at the offices or agencies of the licensee.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

The licensee may accept bets by telephone or internet if the person intending to place the bet authorises payment of the amount of the bet from an account that—

was established with the licensee before the beginning of the race, computer simulated racing event or sports bookmaking event in relation to which the bet is to be placed; and

contains sufficient money, at the time of making the bet, to pay the amount of the bet.

A contract that arises from the acceptance of a bet by or on behalf of the licensee from a person outside the ACT is taken to have been entered into in the ACT.

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