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International Association of Gambling Regulators Australia : Internet Gambling Regulation

Jamie NettletonWednesday 29 October 2014

Overview

• Prohibitionist or Permissive

• Online Sports Betting

• Product Fees - Race Fields Regime

• Advertising

• In-play/Sports Integrity

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Internet Gambling – Regulatory Regime

• Interactive Gambling Act 2001

• Prohibited Interactive Gambling Services

• Supply

• Publication/Broadcast of Advertisement

• Origins

• Tobacco

• US

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Exclusions from Prohibitions

• Wagering

- save to a limited extent

• Lotteries

- save to a limited extent

• Telephone

- what is a telephone?

• Venue based gaming

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Wagering/Sports Betting

• Telephone Betting

• Racing/Wagering

• Sports Betting

• State/Territory Licences

• Cross-Border Restrictions

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Removal of Cross – Border Restrictions

• Expansion (Explosion!) in Advertising

• Global Entrants

• Growth in Betting Authority

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Response to Removal of Cross – Border Restrictions

• Product Fee and Integrity Agreements

- Product Fees

- Integrity

• Red Tape

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Race Fields Regime

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In - play

• What is it?

• Customer Demand

• Accessible Overseas

• Legal Complexity

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In-play Restrictions

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