An approved WSP will not be required to comply with the MBL obligations if:
1. The customer is not domiciled in Australia
2. The bet is a betting transaction on a betting exchange
3. The customer has not provided the approved WSP with sufficient funds to pay for the bet
4. The bet forms part of a multi bet
5. The bet is a retail betting transaction
6. An approved WSP reasonably suspects the customer placing the bet is not the beneficial owner of the bet or the account is being used in violation of the WSPs account terms and conditions, where the suspicion can be reasonably validated by the WSP through public records, IP address tracking, unique device tracking, etc.
7. The person is acting as agent or nominee for a third party and the person placing the bet will not be beneficially entitled to the whole of the proceeds of the Relevant Fixed Odds Bet with the Approved WSP
8. The person is on a relevant gambling self-exclusion register
9. The customer has not yet met the required account identification and verification processes and thus the approved WSP cannot meet their obligations under The Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Finance Act 2006 (Cth) or any responsible gambling legislation.
10. An approved WSP has previously closed the customer’s account because: i. the customer engaged in activity which breached a material condition of the agreement with the WSP, unless the dominant purpose of such condition was to allow the WSP to avoid complying with the MBL conditions; or ii. there were other reasons that in the WSPs assessment, acting reasonably, raised material integrity concerns.
11. The customer has been warned off or disqualified, engaged in fraudulent activity or there are other reasons that in RV’s assessment, acting reasonably, raises material integrity concerns
12. The WSPs own price fluctuation has changed
13. An approved WSP has already accepted a bet(s) from an eligible customer to the aggregate amount of the MBL
14. The customer placing the bet is, or is associated with, an employee of a licensed Australian WSP and there is a reasonably held belief that the bet is based on betting information (including but not limited to betting trends and bets placed with that licensed Australian WSP) that is not publicly available
15. The customer has been restricted to betting via a specified platform (e.g. telephone) arising from reasonably held concerns by the WSP as to robotic or systematic use via other platforms/channels
16. The bet is contrary to the Australian Rules of Racing and the Victorian Local Rules and Betting Rules and/or relevant laws
17. The situation where there are systematic multiple identical (or similar) bets from related/connected parties or from the same IP address 18. Where a customer is betting from, or a bet is received from, a proxy server
19. The bet was a promotional bet such as a bonus bet or free bet, where the customer has not provided payment for the stake
20. RV publishes other exclusions or changes to the MBL framework on its website which will be amended as required
21. Unauthorised scraping of a WSP’s website
