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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Prohibitions and authorisations

15: Providing credit for gambling prohibited

You could also call this:

"No lending money for gambling, unless a casino has special permission"

If you are running a gambling business, you cannot offer or give credit to someone if you know they will use it to gamble. You should not give credit to people who want to gamble with it. If you do, you can get a fine of up to $10,000.

There is an exception to this rule for people who have a casino operator's licence. They can offer credit to someone in special circumstances that have been approved by the Authority under section 66 of the Casino Control Act 1990 or the Gambling Commission. The Gambling Commission can approve special circumstances for casino operators to offer credit.

The Gambling Commission has the power to decide when a casino operator can offer credit to someone. This means they can make rules about when it is okay for a casino to lend money to someone to gamble.

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Part 2Gambling
Prohibitions and authorisations

15Providing credit for gambling prohibited

  1. A person conducting gambling must not offer or provide credit if the person knows or ought to know that the credit is intended to be used for gambling.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

  3. Subsection (1) does not apply to credit offered or provided by the holder of a casino operator’s licence to a person in circumstances that have been approved by—

  4. the Authority under section 66 of the Casino Control Act 1990; or
    1. the Gambling Commission under subsection (4).

      1. The Gambling Commission may approve circumstances in which an offer or provision of credit may be made by the holder of a casino operator’s licence to a person.

      Notes
      • Section 15(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).