Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Gambling Regulation Act 2003 - SECT 2.5.20.

What is a common gaming house or place?

2.5.20. What is a common gaming house or place?



(1) A common gaming house or place is-

   (a)  a house or place opened, kept or used for-

   (i)  the purpose of a lottery or proposed lottery; or

   (ii) the purpose of playing any unlawful game; or

   (iii) any of the purposes mentioned in section 2.5.1; or

   (iv) for the purpose of using or conducting a totalisator; or

   (v)  for the purpose of conveying or communicating information relating to
        betting odds at a race meeting on races or combinations of races to
        persons not on the racecourse while the race meeting is being held; or

   (b)  a house or place-

   (i)  used principally for the purpose of enabling any one or more persons
        to bet with others or with one another or to pay or receive any money
        or valuable thing in respect of any bets whether made in or at the
        house or place or elsewhere; or

   (ii) occupied by a company or club having for its principal object or one
        of its principal objects the enabling of shareholders or members to
        make wagers or bets or pay or receive money in respect of wagers or
        bets whether so made either among themselves or with other persons not
        necessarily being shareholders or members; or

   (c)  a house or place opened, kept or used in connection with any offence
        referred to in section 2.5.15; or

   (d)  a house or place that, at common law, is a common gaming house or
        place.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), it is irrelevant whether or not the
house or place is open only for the use of subscribers or of members or
shareholders of any particular club or company or may not be open to all
persons desirous of using that house or place.