Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Events) Determination 2015 (No 1)

Disallowable Instrument DI2015 — 37
Made under the
Race and Sports Bookmaking Act 2001, s20(1) - Determination of sports bookmaking events
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Race and Sports Bookmaking Act 2001 (the Act) regulates the activities of sports bookmakers in the Australian Capital Territory.

Subsection 20(1) of the Act provides that the Commission may determine a sporting or other event to be a sports bookmaking event for the purpose of the Act.

This determination revokes DI2009-266 dated 21 December 2009 and notified under the Legislation Register on 23 December 2009.

Schedule 1 of this determination details the various national and international sporting events, excluding greyhound, harness and thoroughbred racing events that a licensee may offer.  

Amendments to Schedule 1 of this determination include the addition of Australian of the Year Awards, Backgammon, Badminton, Chess, Entertainment Awards, Equestrian, Floorball, Futsal, Gaelic Football, Handball, Hurling, International Rules Football, Lacrosse, Literary and Arts Awards, Nobel Prize Awards, Poker, Power Boats, Squash, Table Tennis, Ten Pin Bowling, Weightlifting and Winter Sports as approved sports bookmaking events. 

Amendments also relate to Baseball, Boxing, Iron Man (Surf Lifesaving), Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball and Yacht Racing. 

These changes have been made to offer a wider range of events for ACT licensed sports bookmakers while maintaining appropriate standards and integrity.

Schedule 1

Event No. 3 Australian of the Year Award.

The addition of the Australian of the Year Award conferred on Australian citizens by the National Australia Day Council as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Includes Awards titled:
  
(i)	 Australian of the Year;
(ii)	Senior Australian of the Year;
(iii)	Junior Australian of the Year;  
(iv)	Australia's Local Hero.

Event No. 5. Backgammon.

The addition of Backgammon as an approved sports bookmaking event. 

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the World Backgammon Association (WBA).

Event No. 6. Badminton.

The addition of Badminton as an approved sports bookmaking event.
	
Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

Clause 2. Sanctioned Badminton tournaments, events and regional conferences of:

(i)	Badminton Asia Confederation;
(ii)	Badminton Confederation of Africa; 
(iii)	Badminton Pan Am; 
(iv)	Badminton Europe; 
(v)	Badminton Oceania.

Event No. 7. Baseball. 

Amendments to clause 1 to include events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(v)	Nippon Professional Baseball;
(vi)	Mexican Federation of Baseball;
(vii)	Korea Baseball Organization.

Event No. 9. Boxing. 

The addition of clause 3 which allows fixed odds wagering products to be offered on the outcome of each exhibition event conducted and sanctioned by any of the boxing organisations, federations, associations and councils listed under clause 1 of Event No. 9.

Event No. 10. Chess.

The addition of Chess as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE).

Event No. 15. Entertainment.

Clause 1. Any award sanctioned by:

(i)	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences;
(ii)	Screen Actors Guild (SAG);
(iii)	British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA);
(iv)	Logie Awards;
(v)	The Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI);
(vi)	Cannes International Film Festival;
(vii)	Aria Awards;
(viii)	Grammy Awards.

The introduction of Event No. 15. Entertainment has meant that Academy Awards conferred by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is no longer considered Event No. 1 and instead has become event (i) listed under Event No. 15.

Event No. 16. Equestrian.

The addition of Equestrian events as approved sports bookmaking events.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI).

Event No. 17. Floorball.

The addition of Floorball as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Floorball Federation (IFF).

Event No. 18. Futsal.

The addition of Futsal as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA);
(ii)	Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

Event No. 19. Gaelic Football.

The addition of Gaelic Football as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Event No. 21. Handball.

The addition of Handball as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Handball Federation (IHF).

Event No. 23. Hurling.

The addition of Hurling as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Gaelic Athletic Association.

Event No. 24. International Rules Football.

The addition of International Rules Football as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanction by the:

(i)	Australian Football League;
(ii)	Gaelic Athletic Association.

Event No. 25. Iron Man (Surf Lifesaving).

Clause 1. The addition of events scheduled and sanction by the International Surf Life Saving Association.

Event No. 26. Lacrosse.

The addition of Lacrosse as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).

Event No. 28. Literary and Arts Awards.

The addition of a number of Literary and Arts Awards conferred by foundations in Australia and overseas.

Clause 1. Literary and Arts Awards known as the: 

(i)	Archibald Prize;
(ii)	Miles Franklin Award;
(iii)	Booker Prize.

Event No. 31. Nobel Prize.

The addition of Nobel Prize Awards sanctioned by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

Clause 1 includes Awards sanctioned by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the following categories:

(i)	Chemistry;
(ii)	Physics;
(iii)	Literature;
(iv)	Peace;
(v)	Physiology or Medicine.

Event No. 33. Poker.

The addition of Poker as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	World Poker Tournaments (WPT);
(ii)	World Series of Poker (WSOP).

Event No. 35. Power Boats.

The addition of Power Boats events as approved sports bookmaking events.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Union Internationale Motonautique (International Power Boating Association);
(ii)	Australian Power Boat Association.

Event No. 38. Rugby Union. 

Clause 3 has been removed since both the events under this clause have ceased to exist.

As a result of this amendment clause 4 has subsequently become clause 3.

Event No. 41. Soccer.

Clause 7 has been removed since this event has ceased to exist.

The addition of a new clause 7 which allows fixed odds wagering products
to be offered on the outcome of Beach Soccer Events scheduled and
sanctioned by:

(i)	FIFA;
(ii)	Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW).

Event No. 42. Squash.

The addition of squash as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	World Squash Federation;
(ii)	Professional Squash Association (PSA);
(iii)	Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA).

Event No. 44. Swimming.

Clause 1 has been amended to include events scheduled and sanctioned by Swimming Australia.

Event No. 45. Table Tennis.

The addition of Table Tennis as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Event No. 46. Tennis.

The addition of clause 3 which allows fixed odds wagering products to be offered on the outcome of each exhibition event conducted and sanctioned by any of the approved tennis organisations listed under clause 1 of Event No. 47.

Event No. 47. Ten Pin Bowling.

The addition of Ten Pin Bowling as an approved sports bookmaking event. 

Clause 1. Events and Series sanctioned by the: 

(i)	Professional Bowlers Association (PBA);
(ii)	European Tenpin Bowling Federation;
(iii)	United States Bowling Congress (USBC).

Event No. 49. Volleyball.

The addition of clause 2 to include Beach Volleyball events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de Volleyball. This addition means that the previous clause becomes “clause 1”.

Event No. 50. Weightlifting.

The addition of Weightlifting as an approved sports bookmaking event.

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

Event No. 51. Winter Sports.

The addition of Winter Sports as approved sports bookmaking events. 

Clause 1. Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Ski Federation.

Event No. 52. Yacht Racing. 

The addition of clause 5 to include events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) as approved sports bookmaking events.

Schedule 2

Schedule 2 details the various national and international greyhound, harness and thoroughbred racing events that a licensee may offer.  

Amendments to Schedule 2 have been made to offer a wider range of events for ACT licensed sports bookmakers while maintaining appropriate standards and integrity.  

The amendments to Schedule 2 are as follows: 

Event No.1. Greyhound Racing.

Clause 2. Greyhound races conducted in South Africa and the United States are now approved sports bookmaking events. These races must have the status of group, listed, or equivalent status as determined, scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant greyhound racing controlling body of each jurisdiction.

Event No.2. Harness Racing.

Clause 2. Harness races conducted in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands and the United States are now approved sports bookmaking events. These races must have the status of group, listed, or equivalent status as determined, scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant harness racing controlling body of each jurisdiction.

Event No.3. Thoroughbred Racing.

Clause 2. Races conducted by the following clubs have been included as approved sports bookmaking events:

(xi)	Svensk Galopp (Sweden);
(xii)	Korea Racing Authority (South Korea);

These clubs are members of the International Cataloguing Standards Committee (ICSC) which ensures that a standard level of integrity and quality is maintained in races conducted by these clubs.

The addition of clause 4 to include Malaysian races conducted by the Malayan Racing Association as approved sports bookmaking events.

Apart from minor typographical amendments made for the purposes of consistency, in all other respects the Instrument has not been altered.