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240: Obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception
or “Using tricks or lies to get things that don't belong to you or to make someone lose something”
You could also call this:

“This law explains how tricking people in sports and dog races to change betting results is considered a crime.”

You should know that when it comes to betting on sports and other activities, it’s against the law to trick people. This includes doing things to change the outcome of a game or race to affect betting results. This applies to many kinds of activities where people compete, like sports matches, races with people or animals, and even dog races. It’s not just about changing who wins overall - it’s also wrong to change any part of the activity to affect bets. This rule is part of a bigger law about deception, which covers many other kinds of tricking people too.

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Next up: 241: Punishment of obtaining by deception or causing loss by deception

or “The law decides how long someone might go to jail if they trick people to get money or cause them to lose money.”
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Part 10 Crimes against rights of property
Crimes involving deceit

240AApplication of section 240 to match-fixing

  1. For the purposes of section 240, deception includes any act or omission that is done or omitted with intent to influence a betting outcome of an activity of a kind to which subsection (2) applies by manipulating—

  2. the overall result of the activity; or
    1. any event within the activity.

      1. This subsection applies to activities of the following kinds:

      2. sporting competitions, games, matches, races, and rallies involving human participants (whether or not they also involve equipment, horses, vehicles, or vessels):
        1. dog races.

          1. This section does not limit or affect the generality of section 240.

          Notes
          • Section 240A: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Crimes (Match-fixing) Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 67).