Liquor & Gaming NSW is responsible for the implementation of government policies designed to balance sustainable business development with the need to reduce gambling harm.
In the gaming area, L&GNSW is responsible for:
The Office of Responsible Gambling and Responsible Gambling Fund Trust is responsible for administering the Responsible Gambling Fund, which funds services for problem gamblers.
Wagering is regulated in NSW under the Betting and Racing Act 1998 and the Totalizator Act 1997, which prescribe:
The Act provides that the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation may authorise licensed bookmakers to conduct telephone and electronic betting at licensed racecourses (on-course) or other approved premises (off-course) approved by the relevant racing controlling body, Racing NSW, Harness Racing or Greyhound Welfare Integrity Commission.
An application for these authorities must be made to both the Racing Controlling Body AND the Minister (Liquor & Gaming NSW).
In conjunction with any application to your controlling body, an application can be made in the form of an email to the Liquor & Gaming Assurance and Probity Unit, requesting authority to conduct telephone, electronic and/or declared events betting under the Act. Your application should be addressed to the Manager Compliance, Assurance & Probity Unit, and contain:
In support of your application you are also required to provide the following information (if applicable) in the form of a Statutory Declaration:
It is noted that L&GNSW may request further information throughout this process and will liaise with the relevant controlling body regarding the application.
Any betting authority issued will be subject to, but not limited to the:
Please note, the approvals of these authorities do not pertain to the approval of laying totalizator odds or dealing in totalizator tickets off a licensed racecourse (whether or not it is from an approved premise) and is an offence under section 88 of the Totalizator Act 1997. There is no exception to section 88 of the Totalizator Act 1997.
The Act provides that the Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation may authorise licensed bookmakers to conduct telephone and electronic betting at licensed racecourses or other approved premises.
The Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation can declare sports and other events as betting events in NSW. Declared events are listed in the: Schedule of Declared Betting Events and Approved Forms of Betting PDF, 176.39 KB.
This schedule forms part of the Bookmaker Declared Betting Events Betting Rules PDF, 682.03 KB.
The Betting Glossary of Terms PDF, 13.85 KB defines the various form of betting available.
In December 2015, changes were made to the application process and requirements for new declared betting events and bet types. For further information on these reforms, please see Sports wagering in NSW
Visit Legislation NSW for all Acts and Regulations.