Meanings of “remote gambling”, “remote communication”, etc.
5.—(1) In this Act, “remote gambling” means gambling in which a person participates by the use of remote communication, even if the gambling is done only partly by means of remote communication.
(2) In this Act, “remote communication” means communication through —
- (a) the Internet;
- (b) telephone;
- (c) television or radio; or
- (d) any other kind of electronic or other technology for facilitating communication,
but does not include any specific system or method of communication that the Minister declares, by order in the Gazette, is not to be treated as remote communication for the purposes of this Act.
(3) In this Act, a “remote gambling service” means a gambling service provided to customers for them to participate in gambling by the use of remote communication.
(4) In this Act, a person provides a remote gambling service where the person does any of the following in the course of carrying on a business:
- (a) provides facilities for remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by the person;
- (b) organises, manages or supervises remote gambling by others in accordance with arrangements made by the person, which may include inviting others to gamble, or placing, making, receiving or accepting bets, using remote communication in accordance with those arrangements;
- (c) distributes a prize offered in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by the person;
- (d) distributes money or money’s worth paid or staked by others in remote gambling in accordance with arrangements made by the person;
