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title: "Advice memo checklist: is an online gambling service permitted in Australia? (Interactive Gambling Act)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/liquor-gaming-and-wagering-licensing/online-gambling-service-permissibility-memo-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a58-online-gambling-service-permissibility-memo-checklist"
area_id: "A58"
kind: "memo"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A58-N20261018-8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# 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…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/liquor-gaming-and-wagering-licensing/online-gambling-service-permissibility-memo-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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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.

## Key facts

- Kind: Memo. An internal or advice memo.
- Practice area: [Liquor, Gaming & Wagering Licensing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/liquor-gaming-and-wagering-licensing.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Red. Keep AI out of the decisive steps. A lawyer does the work.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## 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

- [Advise whether an online gambling service is permitted in Australia](https://ailawframework.com/practice/liquor-gaming-and-wagering-licensing.md#A58-N20261018-8)

## 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

## Authorities

- [ACMA, About the Interactive Gambling Act (banned services: online casinos, in-play sports betting, unlicensed sports betting, betting on lottery outcomes; advertising and credit; 2026 reforms, most commencing 1 January 2027)](https://www.acma.gov.au/about-interactive-gambling-act)
- [Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts, The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (games of chance and mixed chance and skill; offence applies to providers in Australia and offshore; advertising prohibition in Part 7A)](https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/media/publications/interactive-gambling-act-2001)
- [ACMA, FAQs for wagering providers: BetStop (obligations of licensed interactive wagering providers under the Interactive Gambling Act)](https://www.acma.gov.au/faqs-wagering-providers-betstop-national-self-exclusion-registertm)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/liquor-gaming-and-wagering-licensing/online-gambling-service-permissibility-memo-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*