Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) In this section,
"game" includes a major lottery, pools and a game that is a prescribed game for the purposes of the definition of "game" in section 3(1).
(2) A person must not, except under the authority of an appropriately endorsed Tasmanian gaming licence carry on in or from Tasmania a business of conducting a gaming activity.
Penalty:
In the case of –(a) a first offence – a fine not exceeding 600 penalty units; and
(b) a second or subsequent offence – a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or both.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), if money is placed or deposited at premises for the purpose of using the money on behalf of a person as a wager in a gaming activity, that activity is taken to be conducted at those premises.
(4) Subsection (2) does not apply to –
(a) a gaming activity carried on –
(i) by a person registered as a bookmaker under the Racing Regulation Act 2004; and
(ii) as authorised by or under that Act; and
(b) a simulated game in which all wagers are returned to players, whether as prizes or otherwise; and
(c) . . . . . . . .
(d) the sale in Tasmania of tickets in a foreign game under the authority of a foreign games permit.
(5) A person who supplies to the public a listed carriage service (within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act 1997 of the Commonwealth) that enables end-users to access the Internet is not guilty of an offence under subsection (2) by reason only of hosting or carrying information that is kept on a data storage device and accessed, or available for access, using that service if the person was not aware of that information.