Western Australia
Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985
Reprint 1: The Act as at 27 February 2004
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Western Australia
Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985
CONTENTS
1.Short title1
2.Commencement1
3.Interpretation1
4.Certain contracts and agreements relating to gaming and betting to be unenforceable3
5.Contracts relating to prescribed gaming or betting may be enforced etc.4
6.Money or security lent for lawful gaming or betting recoverable5
7.Regulations5
Schedule6
Notes
Compilation table7
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Western Australia
Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985
An Act to amend and consolidate the law in respect of contracts, agreements and securities relating to gaming or betting, and matters incidental thereto.
This Act may be cited as the Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985 1.
This Act shall come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation, being a day not earlier than the day fixed for the coming into operation of Part IV of the Acts Amendment (Gaming and related provisions) Act 1985 1.
(1)Subject to subsection (2), in this Act expressions defined in and for the purposes of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 have the like meaning in and for the purposes of this Act.
(2)In this Act —
“lawful bet” means a bet made otherwise than by way of unlawful betting, and includes a prescribed bet, and “lawful betting” shall be construed accordingly;
“lawful gaming” means gaming other than unlawful gaming, and includes prescribed gaming;
“prescribed bet” means —
(a)a bet made with a person lawfully carrying on the business of a bookmaker under the Betting Control Act 1954, entered into in the course and for the purposes of that business;
(aa)a bet made with a totalisator operated by the committee of a racing club or other authority controlling the racecourse on which that club conducts race meetings in accordance with an authority granted under the Betting Control Act 1954;
(b)a bet made, with a person authorised to accept bets of that kind, under an Act specified in the Schedule or under a prescribed provision; or
(c)a bet of a kind prescribed, or made in circumstances prescribed, for the purposes of this definition,
and “prescribed betting” shall be construed accordingly;
“prescribed gaming” means gaming conducted under and in accordance with an authorisation conferred by an Act specified in the Schedule or under a prescribed provision, or which (whether it relates to a game of chance or a game of skill or a game of chance and skill combined) is of a prescribed kind or is conducted in prescribed circumstances;
“prescribed provision” means a provision of an Act declared by the regulations to be a prescribed provision for the purposes of this Act;
“unlawful betting” means betting of a kind declared or deemed to be unlawful by or under any Act or law;
“unlawful gaming” means the playing of any game deemed to be unlawful pursuant to section 42 of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987, or which is otherwise declared or deemed to be unlawful by or under any Act or law.
[Section 3 amended by No. 35 of 2003 s. 118; No. 74 of 2003 s. 57(2).]
4.Certain contracts and agreements relating to gaming and betting to be unenforceable
(1)Except in so far as they relate to, or arise out of a contract or agreement relating to, prescribed gaming or prescribed betting —
(a)all contracts or agreements, whether in writing or otherwise, by way of gaming or betting are null and void, and no proceedings shall be brought or maintained in any court for recovering any money or other valuable thing alleged to be won at gaming or upon a bet, or deposited with any person to abide the event on which a bet is made; and
(b)subject to section 6, any bill, note, cheque, mortgage, or other security drawn, accepted, made, given, granted, or entered into or executed by any person where the whole or any part of the consideration therefor is money, or any other valuable thing, won —
(i)by way of gaming; or
(ii)by a bet on the chances of any player or participant in, or the outcome of, any game or race in progress or to be held,
is deemed to be drawn, accepted, made, given, granted, or entered into or executed for an illegal consideration.
(2)In so far as subsection (1) might but for this subsection apply to, or in relation to —
(a)any stake, deposit, or allowance payable to the owner or connections of a horse or dog engaged in a race run under the Betting Control Act 1954 in respect of its participation in that race; or
(b)any subscription or contribution to, or agreement to subscribe or contribute to, any sum of money or valuable thing to be awarded to a person who is the winner of any award in any lawful race or lawful game, sport, pastime, or exercise,
the provisions of that subsection shall not apply thereto.
5.Contracts relating to prescribed gaming or betting may be enforced etc.
Subject to the provisions of an Act specified in the Schedule or to any prescribed provision relating thereto, where in the course and for the purposes of prescribed gaming or prescribed betting a person makes a lawful bet with any other person the person making that bet —
(a)shall be deemed to have made a contract in the terms of the bet with the person with whom he has made that bet; and
(b)may sue that other person and be sued by that other person in any court of competent jurisdiction on that contract in like manner as a party to a contract which had not arisen out of or in connection with gaming or betting might have sued,
and that contract shall not be deemed to be illegal or void by reason only that it arises out of or in connection with gaming or betting, and effect may be given to the judgment given in the proceedings.
6.Money or security lent for lawful gaming or betting recoverable
Where —
(a)money or any valuable thing is lent or advanced for the purpose of lawful gaming or of making any lawful bet, or for the purpose of the payment of any debt in respect of lawful gaming or lawful betting; or
(b)any bill, note, cheque, mortgage or other security is accepted, made, given, granted, entered into or executed by any person for the purpose of repaying or re‑imbursing, or as security for the repayment or re‑imbursement of, money or any valuable thing lent or advanced for the purpose of lawful gaming or of making any lawful bet or to secure the payment of any debt in respect of lawful gaming or lawful betting,
that money or valuable thing is recoverable in a court of competent jurisdiction and that money or valuable thing and any such security shall be taken to have been used or given for a lawful consideration.
The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.
[s. 3]
Racing and Wagering Western Australia Act 2003
Lotteries Commission Act 1990
Casino Control Act 1984
Casino (Burswood Island) Agreement Act 1985
Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987
[Schedule amended by No. 26 of 1998 s. 23; No. 35 of 2003 s. 119; No. 74 of 2003 s. 57(3).]
Notes
1This reprint is a compilation as at 27 February 2004 of the Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.
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Short title |
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Assent |
Commencement |
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Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985 |
28 of 1985 |
24 Apr 1985 |
1 Jun 1985 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 May 1985 p. 1878) |
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Lotteries Commission Amendment Act 1998 s. 23 |
26 of 1998 |
30 Jun 1998 |
22 Jul 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 21 Jul 1998 p. 3825) |
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Racing and Gambling Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2003 Pt. 8 |
35 of 2003 |
26 Jan 2003 |
30 Jan 2004 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jan 2004 p. 397) |
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Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2003 s. 57 |
74 of 2003 |
15 Dec 2003 |
15 Dec 2003 (see s. 2) |
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Reprint 1: The Gaming and Betting (Contracts and Securities) Act 1985 as at 27 Feb 2004 (includes amendments listed above) |
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By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer