General provisions relating to wagers made by post
57 General provisions relating to wagers made by post
RWWA may at any time direct that wagers by post, or such wagers from any particular area, district or locality, are to be addressed to a particular totalisator agency.
Remittances, other than deposits for the credit of a wagering account, sent to RWWA are to be by bank draft, postal note, money order or in cash for the amount of the wager or wagers required, and no more, calculated in multiples of units of 50 cents, and in any other case the person in charge of the totalisator agency where the remittance is received may —
reject the wager altogether; or
accept the wager up to the multiple of 50 cents next below the net amount received, and refund the balance to the investor.
Where a remittance for a wager or deposit is sent to RWWA and has not been accepted by RWWA, a refund of the amount may be effected by RWWA by return to the investor of the remittance instrument.
Where any written instructions received by RWWA are incomplete or ambiguous the officer in charge of the totalisator agency to which the instructions are addressed may reject the wager or accept it according to what the officer believes to be the intention of the person giving the instructions and that person is bound by the action of the officer.
Where RWWA is not permitted to accept the whole of any written instructions relating to a wager, RWWA may accept that part of those instructions which it is permitted to accept.
RWWA is to accept wagers by post up to 2 hours before the scheduled starting time of the particular race or of the particular sporting event in respect of which the wager is made, but instructions relating to wagers on a race or sporting event received by RWWA after that time are not to be accepted unless the officer in charge of the totalisator agency concerned so directs.
RWWA is not bound to acknowledge receipt of any written instructions relating to a wager, or to comply with any such instructions otherwise than in accordance with these regulations or the rules of wagering.
[Regulation 57 inserted: Gazette 30 Jan 2004 p. 381‑2.]
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