Interactive Gambling (Player Protection) Act 1998

In deciding whether an applicant is a suitable person to hold an interactive gambling licence, the Minister may have regard to the following matters—

the applicant’s character or business reputation;

the applicant’s current financial position and financial background;

if the applicant is not an individual—whether the applicant has, or has arranged, a satisfactory ownership, trust or corporate structure;

whether the applicant has, or is able to obtain, appropriate resources and appropriate services;

whether the applicant has the appropriate business ability to conduct interactive games successfully under an interactive gambling licence;

if the applicant has a business association with another entity—

the entity’s character or business reputation; and

the entity’s current financial position and financial background;

anything else prescribed under a regulation.

In subsection (1)—appropriate resources means financial resources—

adequate, in the Minister’s opinion, to ensure the financial viability of operations conducted under an interactive gambling licence; and

available from a source that is not, in the Minister’s opinion, tainted with illegality.