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Online gambling in Queensland

Old Oct 11th 2005, 12:01 am
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Hi there,

Anyone migrated to the beautiful Brisbane and is now idling at home, contemplating of engaging some online lotteries betting?

BTW, is it legal in Queensland to bet/punt/gamble online with an off-shore operator, such as StarOdds? From what I read on that site, they do offer bank transfer of bets to ANZ Bank, i.e. you can place bets by transferring money from your ANZ a/c to their ANZ a/c and the same goes for collecting your winnings.

But the million dollar question is, as a Queenslander, are we breaking the law (local or federal) if we do the above?

Your advice is appreciated.
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Old Oct 11th 2005, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by Allan

Your advice is appreciated.
Now, don't quote me, but this is what I heard.

The law in Queensland is that you are not allowed to place a bet after the event has started, be it a race, footbal match, cricket game etc. But most of the offshore online betting companies allow you to do just that. You can get odds half way through a cricket match for example. So if you do place a bet half way through, then that is illegal.

A bloke down the pub told me this so it must be true.
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Old Oct 11th 2005, 9:05 am
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Actually has something changed with online gambling in Australia? When I was here a few years ago, betfair.com was banned i.e. you couldn't even access the site from Australia.

I just had a quick look there now, and I can access it, and it knows I'm in Australia, so I'm guessing its become legal to use betfair in the last 2 years at some point? What about the other online sites like William Hill or Ladbrokes?
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Originally Posted by A dogs life
Actually has something changed with online gambling in Australia? When I was here a few years ago, betfair.com was banned i.e. you couldn't even access the site from Australia.

I just had a quick look there now, and I can access it, and it knows I'm in Australia, so I'm guessing its become legal to use betfair in the last 2 years at some point? What about the other online sites like William Hill or Ladbrokes?
Or [and it's just a guess] they allow you to place a bet for matches oversees but anything over here and you get disqualified [they can see from your IP addy]. Maybe they re-instated the site cos they were losing other trade as a result of not being to able to bet on the Aussie stuff

Anyways, what do I know. I only chose horses on't Grand National if they were ex boyfriends
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