Memo · Liquor, Gaming & Wagering Licensing
Advice memo checklist: is an online gambling service permitted in Australia? (Interactive Gambling Act)
A structure and checklist for advice on whether an online, app or telephone gambling product may be offered or advertised to people in Australia under the Interactive Gambling Act: product facts, banned service categories, licensing, advertising, credit, BetStop and the 2026 reforms.
- Kind
- Memo. An internal or advice memo.
- Where it applies
- Australia, Commonwealth
- AI use
- Red Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at
- 18 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 18 October 2026 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a client proposes to launch, acquire, market, host, process payments for or promote an online gambling or gambling-like product (including games with prizes, sweepstakes, social casino, prediction or skill-and-chance products) that Australians could use. The lawyer writes the advice.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
The lawyer writes the advice; AI may only organise the product documents and extract features into the fact table, because the conclusion on whether a service is prohibited carries criminal and civil exposure for the client.
AI may
- Extract the product’s features (stake, prize, chance or skill, live or pre-match, channels, payment methods, geography) from the client’s documents into the fact table
- List the documents still needed to answer each question in Part B
- Check the memo’s references to sources and annexures
AI must not
- Must not state whether the service is prohibited, regulated or excluded, or draft any part of the analysis or conclusion
- Must not suggest product changes or structures to avoid the Act
- Must not rely on summaries of the Act or of overseas law in place of the current legislation and determinations
The lawyer checks
- The facts are confirmed with the client in writing, including how the product actually works in each channel
- The analysis applies the current Act, regulations and determinations, including any 2026 amendments in force at the date of advice
- Advertising, credit, BetStop and state or territory licensing consequences are addressed, not only the provision offence
- The memo states its assumptions and the date of the law it applies
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Read the full text
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- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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