Queensland Consolidated Acts

INTERACTIVE GAMBLING (PLAYER PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 6

(1) An interactive game is a game in which--

(a) a prize consisting of money or something else of value is offered or can be won under the rules of the game; and

(b) a player--

(i) enters the game or takes any step in the game by means of a telecommunication device; and

(ii) gives, or undertakes to give, a monetary payment or other valuable consideration to enter, in the course of, or for, the game; and

(c) the winner of a prize is decided--

(i) wholly or partly by chance; or

(ii) by a competition or other activity in which the outcome is wholly or partly dependent on the player's skill.

(2) However, the following are not interactive games--

(a) wagering being conducted under the Racing and Betting Act 1980 at the commencement of this section if a person for placing a wager for the wagering places it by means of the telecommunication device used in conducting the wagering;

(b) wagering conducted under a wagering licence under the Wagering Act 1998;

(c) a game under the Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999, unless the game is declared by a regulation made under subsection (3) to be an interactive game despite this exclusion;

(d) a lottery, other than the lottery known as 'instant scratch-its' or another instant lottery, conducted under a lottery operator's licence under the Lotteries Act 1997;

(e) a game authorised under a gaming Act in which the players may participate by means of telecommunication devices but only from designated commercial sites connected to a telecommunication network.

(3) A game that would, but for the exclusion in subsection (2)(c), be an interactive game is taken to be an interactive game despite the exclusion if--

(a) having regard to the nature, value, or frequency of prizes offered in the game and other matters the Minister considers relevant, the Minister considers the game should be brought within the ambit of this Act; and

(b) a regulation is made, on the Minister's recommendation, declaring the game to be an interactive game despite the exclusion.