Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not engage in race bookmaking except as permitted under subsection (2).
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) A person may engage in race bookmaking if—
(a) the person holds a race bookmaking licence; or
(b) the person holds a race bookmaker's agent licence and is acting for the race bookmaker who applied for the licence.
(3) For subsection (1), a sports bookmaker does not engage in race bookmaking only because the bookmaker receives or negotiates bets on races that are sports betting events.