Bill
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-07-09. Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-05-09
- second reading — 2018-05-09
- third reading — 2018-05-09
- introduced — 2018-05-09
- second reading — 2018-05-09
- second reading — 2018-06-28
- second reading — 2018-06-29
- third reading — 2018-06-29
- passed — 2018-06-29
- royal assent — 2018-07-09
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-03-28.
The bill would ban betting on the result of a lottery or keno draw.
It would prohibit gambling providers from offering such betting services to people in Australia.
The ban would start six months after the bill becomes law.
- The bill would add a prohibition on betting on the outcome of Australian and overseas lottery draws.
- The bill would clarify that keno-type lotteries are included in the prohibition.
- The bill would delay the start of the prohibition for six months after royal assent.
State and territory governments, newsagencies, official lottery agents, and other small businesses in Australia.
Sources
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