Bill
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Sports Betting Reform) Bill 2015
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Nick Xenophon
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2015-11-24
- second reading — 2015-11-24
- other — 2016-04-17
- other — 2016-04-19
- other — 2016-05-09
- other — 2016-08-31
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2015-11-24.
This bill would add harm-reduction rules for online sports betting to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
It would create a new regulator to monitor compliance and set up a national register for people who want to exclude themselves from online sports betting.
The new rules would take effect three months after the bill becomes law.
- Creates a new definition of 'restricted wagering services' for websites that accept bets on sports and races.
- Establishes an Interactive Gambling Regulator to enforce the new obligations.
- Sets up a National Self-exclusion Register for online sports betting.
- Introduces a 'betting limit' that lets individuals set a maximum amount of their own money they can bet over a period.
- Defines when a restricted wagering service is considered to have provided credit or verified a customer's identity.
Online sports betting providers and individuals who use them.
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