BETTING CONTROL REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 63
BETTING CONTROL REGULATIONS 1978 - REG 63
63 . Bets with domestic betting operators and totalisators
(1A) In this
regulation —
totalisator includes a totalisator (however
described) operated in another State or a Territory.
(1) No bookmaker shall
be compelled to accept a bet from another bookmaker, or from any person on
behalf of a bookmaker.
[(2), (3) deleted]
(4) Where a bet is
made by or on behalf of a bookmaker with a domestic betting
operator —
(a) if
the domestic betting operator is another bookmaker, the bookmaker receiving
the bet shall record the name of the bookmaker making the bet, or on whose
behalf the bet is made, alongside the record of the bet whether or not the bet
is made in cash; and
(b) if
the bet is a bet back, the bookmaker who makes the bet or on whose behalf the
bet is made shall record —
(i)
the details of the bet; and
(ii)
the bet as a bet back; and
(iii)
the number of the betting ticket.
(5) Where a bet by way
of a bet back is made by a bookmaker or by any person on behalf of a bookmaker
on any totalisator, the bookmaker who makes the bet or on whose behalf the bet
is made shall record the transaction as a bet back on the totalisator and
shall retain the totalisator ticket or tickets of all losing bets for a period
of one month.
(6) A bookmaker who
makes a bet back, or on whose behalf a bet back is made, with a domestic
betting operator or a totalisator is not permitted to deduct the amount of the
bet back from the total of the bets the bookmaker has received —
(a) for
the race, race meeting or approved event to which the bet relates; or
(b) for
any other races, race meetings or approved events in relation to which the
bookmaker has accepted bets.
[Regulation 63 amended: Gazette
24 Jun 1988 p. 2005; 10 Jul 1992 p. 3293;
21 Jul 1998 p. 3855 and 3856; 17 Dec 2002
p. 5924; 14 Jun 2013 p. 2241-2; 25 Jan 2019
p. 201-2.]