{"id":"sl-2010-6","name":"Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010","slug":"unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"6 of 2010","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173878,"registerId":"act-sl-2010-6-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nSL2010-6\nmade under the\nUnlawful Gambling Act 2009\nRepublication No 2\nEffective: 18 September 2017\nRepublication date: 18 September 2017\nLast amendment made by A2017-1\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010, made under the Unlawful\nGambling Act 2009 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 18 September 2017. It also includes any commencement,\namendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 18 September 2017.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR2\n18/09/17\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nmade under the\nUnlawful Gambling Act 2009\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Notes 2\n4 Conditions of approval—Act, s 15 (l) 2\n5 Exempt two-up game—conditions of imposing charge etc—Act,\ns 22 (d) 3\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\nR2\n18/09/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 5\n5 Earlier republications 6\n\nR2\n18/09/17\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nmade under the\nUnlawful Gambling Act 2009\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\nR2\n18/09/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010.\n3 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of\nthis regulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of\nnotes.\n4 Conditions of approval—Act, s 15 (l)\n(1) An approval given to a charitable organisation to conduct a game is\nsubject to the following conditions:\n(a) a person may place a bet on the game only with play money\ngiven to the person by the charitable organisation for the\npurpose of the game;\n(b) the organisation may give a person only one allocation of play\nmoney;\n(c) the organisation may not exchange play money given to a\nperson for real money.\n(2) An approval given to a charitable organisation to conduct a game is\nsubject to the condition that the organisation must keep records\nshowing the following:\n(a) the entity and charitable purpose for which the game was\nconducted;\n(b) the number of tickets sold to the event at which the game was\nconducted;\n(c) that any promotional material for the game and the event at\nwhich it was conducted included—\n(i) the minimum percentage of funds raised by the event that\nwas to be given to a charitable purpose; and\n\nSection 5\nR2\n18/09/17\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n(ii) the identifying number given by the commission for the\napproval;\n(d) the total amount of the funds raised by the event at which the\ngame was conducted;\n(e) the amount of those funds that was given to a charitable\npurpose and the date it was given.\nNote The following terms are defined in the Act, dictionary:\n approval\n charitable organisation\n charitable purpose.\n(3) In this section:\nplay money, for a game conducted by a charitable organisation\nunder an approval, means something (other than real money) that on\nits face is stated to represent an amount.\n5 Exempt two-up game—conditions of imposing charge\netc—Act, s 22 (d)\nIt is a condition of a person conducting a two-up game who imposes\na charge, commission or fee for observing or participating in the\ngame, that the person must keep records showing the following:\n(a) the total amount of the charge, commission, or fee received;\n(b) the name of the entity to which, and the purpose for which,\neach payment or benefit was given;\n(c) the amount or value of the payment or benefit;\n(d) the date when, or the period over which, the payment or benefit\nwas given.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\nR2\n18/09/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and\nthe amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions\nand amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last\nendnote.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nam = amended ord = ordinance\namdt = amendment orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\ndef = definition pres = present\ndict = dictionary prev = previous\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative (prev...) = previously\nAssembly pt = part\ndiv = division r = rule/subrule\nexp = expires/expired renum = renumbered\nGaz = gazette reloc = relocated\nhdg = heading R[X] = Republication No\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 RI = reissue\nins = inserted/added s = section/subsection\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 sch = schedule\nLR = legislation register sdiv = subdivision\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 sub = substituted\nmod = modified/modification SL = Subordinate Law\no = order underlining = whole or part not commenced\nom = omitted/repealed or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR2\n18/09/17\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nUnlawful Gambling Regulation 2010 SL2010-6\nnotified LR 10 March 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 10 March 2010\nremainder commenced 22 March 2010 (s 2 and see Unlawful\nGambling Act 2009 A2009-39, s 2 and CN2010-2)\nas amended by\nRevenue Legislation Amendment Act 2017 A2017-1 sch 1 pt 1.13\nnotified LR 22 February 2017\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 February 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.13 commenced 18 September 2017 (s 2 (1) and CN2017-5)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nConditions of approval—Act, s 15 (l)\ns 4 am A2017-1 amdt 1.132\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 6 Unlawful Gambling Regulation 2010\nEffective: 18/09/17\nR2\n18/09/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications\nare marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n22 Mar 2010\n22 Mar 2010–\n17 Sept 2017\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Section 4 was amended by the Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (A2017-1) as recorded in the amendment history. That amendment altered the regulation’s conditions for approvals given to charitable organisations, so the regulatory requirements governing charitable fundraising games were modified from the original 2010 text (see Legislation history and Amendment history)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument limited to approval conditions and recordkeeping (low overall scope)","Specific procedural rules (one allocation of play money; prohibition on exchanging play money for real money) reduce interpretive ambiguity (s4)","Mandatory documentary requirements for fundraising games and charged two‑up increase administrative burden on organisers (s4(2), s5)","Relies on definitions and approval power in the parent Act (cross‑references to Act and its dictionary increase dependency on external text)","Requires inclusion of an identifying number supplied by the commission, reflecting administrative linkage to agency processes (s4(2)(c)(ii))","Penalties and monetary values are set elsewhere or by broader Acts (penalty unit references in republication notes), adding external legal context"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation sets conditions attached to approvals for charities to run games and prescribes record‑keeping where a person charges for observing or participating in a two‑up game. It affects charitable organisations running fundraising games and anyone imposing charges for two‑up, by specifying what organisers must allow (use of play money only) and what records and promotional disclosures they must keep (s4, s5). Organisers pay the compliance and recordkeeping costs; the commission’s approval and identifying number appear in required disclosures (s4)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: setting specific operational conditions for charitable gambling approvals and two-up game exemptions under the parent Act. It has not expanded beyond these two narrow areas since its creation in 2010."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (only 2 substantive sections)","Minimal defined terms (only 1 explicit definition: 'play money' in section 4(3))","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act","Simple conditional structure (if X, then must do Y)","Straightforward record-keeping requirements with clear lists","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation tightens approvals under the Unlawful Gambling Act for charitable gambling and two‑up by imposing strict conditions and record‑keeping. Charities must use single‑allocation play money (no cash redemption), disclose fundraising details in promotions, and keep evidence of amounts raised and remitted. \n\nThose running two‑up who charge fees must record fees collected and how and when funds were distributed. It affects charities, two‑up organisers and the Gambling and Racing Commission’s oversight."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010","history":"/api/acts/unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010/history","analysis":"/api/acts/unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/unlawful-gambling-regulation-2010/documents"}}