sec.223Prohibition on opening, keeping, using or promoting an illegal betting place

sec.223 Prohibition on opening, keeping, using or promoting an illegal betting place

A person must not— open, keep or use an illegal betting place; or allow a place, of which the person is the occupier, to be opened, kept or used as an illegal betting place, whether the occupier is or is not present at the time the place is opened, kept or used as an illegal betting place; or help, in any way, in operating an illegal betting place; or A person, or an occupier of a place, may invite someone else to use a service or facility at the illegal betting place. advertise by any means, including electronically, that a place is opened, kept or used, wholly or partly for betting on a race or sporting contingency in Queensland or elsewhere, if that place is an illegal betting place. Subsection (3) applies to each of the following persons— a person who is an occupier of an illegal betting place; a person who is acting for an occupier of an illegal betting place; a person who is in any way helping in operating an illegal betting place. The person must not, directly or indirectly, receive money or other property— as a bet on a race or sporting contingency; or as a deposit on a bet on condition of paying or giving money or other property in relation to a race or sporting contingency; or as or for consideration for an assurance, undertaking, promise or agreement, express or implied, to pay or give money or other property in relation to a race or sporting contingency. A person must not give an acknowledgement on the receipt of money or other property, received in a way and for a purpose specified in subsection (3) , purporting or intended to entitle the bearer or another person to receive money or other property in relation to a race or sporting contingency. (sec.223-ssec.1) A person must not— open, keep or use an illegal betting place; or allow a place, of which the person is the occupier, to be opened, kept or used as an illegal betting place, whether the occupier is or is not present at the time the place is opened, kept or used as an illegal betting place; or help, in any way, in operating an illegal betting place; or A person, or an occupier of a place, may invite someone else to use a service or facility at the illegal betting place. advertise by any means, including electronically, that a place is opened, kept or used, wholly or partly for betting on a race or sporting contingency in Queensland or elsewhere, if that place is an illegal betting place. (sec.223-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies to each of the following persons— a person who is an occupier of an illegal betting place; a person who is acting for an occupier of an illegal betting place; a person who is in any way helping in operating an illegal betting place. (sec.223-ssec.3) The person must not, directly or indirectly, receive money or other property— as a bet on a race or sporting contingency; or as a deposit on a bet on condition of paying or giving money or other property in relation to a race or sporting contingency; or as or for consideration for an assurance, undertaking, promise or agreement, express or implied, to pay or give money or other property in relation to a race or sporting contingency. (sec.223-ssec.4) A person must not give an acknowledgement on the receipt of money or other property, received in a way and for a purpose specified in subsection (3) , purporting or intended to entitle the bearer or another person to receive money or other property in relation to a race or sporting contingency.