Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Gambling Regulation Act 2003 - SECT 2.5.9.

Money received may be recovered from persons receiving it

2.5.9. Money received may be recovered from persons receiving it



(1) Any money or valuable thing received by a person to whom section 2.5.8(1),
(2) or (3) applies as a deposit of a bet made in a public place or as or for
the consideration for any such undertaking made or given in a public place is
taken to have been received for the use of the person from whom it was
received.

(2) Money or a thing referred to in subsection (1) or its value may be
recovered by the person from whom it was received in a court of competent
jurisdiction.