Intro
These guidelines are designed to provide information regarding the subject matter covered, and with the understanding that the Gaming and Wagering Commission is not passing legal opinion or interpretation or other professional advice. The information is provided on the understanding that all persons undertake responsibility for assessing the relevance and accuracy of its contents.
Terms defined in the Betting Control Regulations 1978 and the Gaming and Wagering Commission Regulations 1988 have the same meaning in these guidelines.
In 2025 the Betting Control Regulations 1978 and the Gaming and Wagering Commission Regulations 1988 were updated to implement, in statute, requirements related to the National Consumer Protection Framework for Online Wagering.
The updates included a requirement for providers of interactive gambling services to give information about the benefits of setting a deposit limit for a betting account to new account holders who indicate that they do not wish to set a deposit limit.
The purpose of these guidelines is to assist providers with compliance by providing information about the benefits of setting a deposit limit for a betting account.
To comply with the requirement to give a person information about the benefits of setting a deposit limit for a betting account if they indicate that they do not wish to set a deposit limit, a provider should inform the person of at least three benefits, which may be extracted from the list below or from independent, peer-reviewed research publications.
A 'deposit limit', in relation to a betting account, means the maximum amount of money the account holder may deposit into the account in a particular period.
Deposit limits may help an account holder to proactively control their online gambling by: