Australian Capital Territory
Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Events) Determination 2015 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2015—37
made under the
Race and Sports Bookmaking Act 2001, s20(1) - Determination of sports bookmaking events

1.  	Name of Instrument
	This Instrument is the Race and Sports Bookmaking (Sports Bookmaking Events) Determination 2015 (No 1).

2.  		Revocation
	I revoke determination DI2009-266 dated 21 December 2009 and notified under the Legislation Register on 23 December 2009.

3.	Commencement
	This Instrument commences the day after it is notified.

4.  		Determination
	I determine that the approved senior level sports bookmaking events are as specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument.

	I determine that the approved sports bookmaking events relating to national and international racing are as specified in Schedule 2 to this instrument.

For the purpose of events determined under Schedule 1 of this determination a “senior level event” includes all professional, top level competitions and Masters type events but does not include junior, school or any competitions where a condition of participation requires competitors to be less than 18 years of age.

John Haskins
Chairperson
ACT Gambling and Racing Commission
3 March 2015
Schedule 1

No	Events	Classes of Events 	
1	American Football 	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	National Football League (America);
(ii)	National Collegiate Athletic Association (America);
(iii)	All American Football League;  
(iv)	Arena Football League (America); and
(v)	Canadian Football League.

2.  Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Leagues and Associations.
	
2	Athletics (Track and Field)	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	International Association of Athletics Federations;
(ii)	Oceania Athletic Association; and 
(iii)	Athletics Australia.
	
3	Australian of the Year Award

	Awards titled:

(i)	Australian of the Year;
(ii)	Senior Australian of the Year;
(iii)	Junior Australian of the Year; and 
(iv)	Australia's Local Hero.

No	Events	Classes of Events 	
4
	Australian Rules Football
	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Australian Football League Commission.

2.	Each Premier Division Australian Football League (AFL) Competition event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	AFL Northern Territory;
(ii)	AFL NSW/ACT;
(iii)	AFL Queensland;
(iv)	AFL Tasmania;
(v)	South Australian National Football League;
(vi)	Football Victoria; and 
(vii)	West Australian Football Commission Inc.

3.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the Australian Football League Commission.	
5	Backgammon	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the World Backgammon Association (WBA).
	
6	Badminton	1.	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). 

2.	Sanctioned tournaments, events and regional conferences of: 

(i)	Badminton Asia Confederation; 
(ii)	Badminton Confederation of Africa; 
(iii)	Badminton Pan Am; 
(iv)	Badminton Europe; 
(v)	Badminton Oceania.	

No	Events	Classes of Events 	
7	Baseball	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Major League Baseball (MLB);
(ii)	International Collegiate Athletic Association;  
(iii)	Australian Baseball Federation;
(iv)	International Baseball Federation;
(v)	Nippon Professional Baseball; 
(vi)	Mexican Federation of Baseball; and
(vii)	Korea Baseball Organization.

2.  Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above League, Organisation, Association and Federation.
	
8	Basketball 	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Australian National Basketball League;
(ii)	Australian Women’s National Basketball League;
(iii)	Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA);
(iv)	United States National Basketball Association;
(v)	United States Women’s Basketball Association;
(vi)	United States National Collegiate Athletic Association;
(vii)	FIBA Europe; and
(viii)	Union of European Leagues of Basketball.

2.	Each National and International event scheduled and sanctioned by Basketball Australia.

No	Events	Classes of Events	
8
	Basketball
(continued)
	3.	Each Premier League event sanctioned by FIBA Europe’s Federation members together with the scheduling and co-sanctioning relevant League.

4.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Leagues, Associations and Federations.	
9	Boxing	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	International Boxing Organisation;
(ii)	World Boxing Organisation;
(iii)	International Boxing Federation;
(iv)	World Boxing Council;
(v)	World Boxing Association; and
(vi)	International Boxing Association.

2.  Each International and Championship event scheduled and sanctioned by Boxing Australia Inc.

3.  Each exhibition event conducted and sanctioned by any of the above boxing organisations.
	
10	Chess	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE).
	
11	Commonwealth Games	1.  Each Commonwealth Games sporting event as scheduled and sanctioned by the   Commonwealth Games Federation.

2. Official Commonwealth Games Federation medal tallies.	

No	Events	Classes of Events 	
12	Cricket	1. 	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Cricket Australia; and
(ii)	the International Cricket Council and co-sanctioning Council Members.

2. 	Each First Class event scheduled and sanctioned by the International Cricket Council’s Members.

3.  Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Council, Members and Cricket Australia.	
13	Cycling	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale.

2.	Each National, Championship and Tour scheduled and sanctioned by Cycling Australia.	
14	Darts	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Professional Darts Corporation;
(ii)	British Darts Organisation; and 
(iii)	World Darts Federation.	
15	Entertainment 	Any award sanctioned by:

(i)	 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences;
(ii)	Screen Actors Guild (SAG);
(iii)	British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA);
(iv)	Logie Awards;
(v)	Australian Film Institute Awards (AFI);
(vi)	Cannes International Film Festival;
(vii)	 Aria Awards; and
(viii)	Grammy Awards.	

No	Events	Classes of Events 	
16	Equestrian 	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI).
	
17	Floorball	Events scheduled and sanctioned the International Floorball Federation (IFF).
	
18	Futsal	Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); 
(ii)	Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).	
19	Gaelic Football	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
	
20	Golf
	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Professional Golfer’s Association of America.

2.	The Open Championship scheduled and sanctioned by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.

3.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:
(i)	International Federation of PGA Tours and co-sanctioning Member Tours, comprising of:
(a)	PGA Tour;
(b)	PGA Tour of Australasia;
(c)	Asian Tour;
(d)	European Tour;
(e)	Japan Golf Tour; 
(f)	Sunshine Tour;
(ii)	Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour;
(iii)	Ladies European Tour;
(iv)	Ladies Professional Golf Association of Japan Tour;
(v)	Ladies Professional Golf Association of Korea Tour; and 
(vi)	Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour.	

No	Class	Classes of Events	
21	Handball	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Handball Federation (IHF).
	
22

	Hockey (Ice and Field)
	A.	Ice Hockey

1. 	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	International Ice Hockey Federation;
(ii)	American Hockey League;  
(iii)	National Hockey League;
(iv)	Central Hockey League; and
(v)	ECHL.

2.	Each State and National Championship event scheduled and sanctioned by Ice Hockey Australia.

3.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by: 
 
(i)	AL-Bank Ligaen (Danish Ice Hockey League);
(ii)	Czech Extraliga (Czech Republic Ice Hockey League);
(iii)	DEL Bundesliga (German Ice Hockey League);
(iv)	 Elitserien (Swedish Hockey League);
(v)	 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (Austrian Ice Hockey League);
(vi)	GET-Ligaen (Norwegian Ice Hockey League);
(vii)	Slovak Extraliga (Slovak Ice Hockey League); and
(viii)	SM-liiga (Finnish Hockey League).

4.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Federation, Leagues and Ice Hockey Australia.

No	Events	Classes of Events	
22	Hockey (Ice and Field)
(continued)
	B.	Field Hockey

1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	International Hockey Federation (Fédération Internationale de Hockey sur Gazon);
(ii)	Hockey Australia; and 
(iii)	the Australian Hockey League.

2.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Federation, League and Hockey Australia.
	
23	Hurling 	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Gaelic Athletic Association.
	
24	International Rules Football	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the:

(i)	 Australian Football League; and
(ii)	Gaelic Athletic Association.
	
25 	Iron Man (Surf Lifesaving)	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Surf Life Saving Australia;  
(ii)	the International Life Saving Federation; and
(iii)	the International Surf Life Saving Association.
	
26	Lacrosse	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL).

No	Events	Classes of Events	
27	Lawn Bowls	1. Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Bowls Australia;
(ii)	The World Bowls Tour; and
(iii)	World Bowls Ltd.

2.  Each Champion of Champions event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	English Bowling Association; and 
(ii)	English Women’s Bowling Association.

3.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Royal NSW Bowling Association.

4.	Each No. 1 Grade State Pennants scheduled and sanctioned by Bowls Australia’s affiliated State and Territory Associations.
	
28	Literary and Arts Awards 	Literary and Arts Awards known as the:
 
(i)	Archibald Prize;
(ii)     Miles Franklin Award; and
(iii)    Booker Prize.

No	Events	Classes of Events	
29	Motor Racing (Car and Bike)
	A.	Motor Car

1.	Each Rally Championship event and V8 Supercar event scheduled and sanctioned by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport.

2.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile;
(ii)	the National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing Inc;
(iii)	Champ Car; and 
(iv)	the Indy Racing League.

B.	Motor Bike

1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme.

2.	Each Elite League and Premier League event scheduled and sanctioned by British  Speedway Promoters Association as licensed by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme.

No	Events	Classes of Events	
30	Netball	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the International Federation of Netball Associations.

2.	Each Premier National Netball Competition event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Netball Australia; and
(ii)	Netball New Zealand.

3.	Each International event between Australia and New Zealand scheduled and sanctioned by Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand.

4.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Federation, Netball Australia and Netball New Zealand.
	
31	Nobel Prize	Awards sanctioned by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in the following categories:

(i)	Chemistry;
(ii)	Physics;
(iii)	Literature;
(iv)	Peace; and
(v)	Physiology or Medicine. 	
32	Olympic Games (Summer and Winter)	1.	Each Olympic Games sporting event as scheduled and sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee.

2.	Official International Olympic Committee medal tallies.
	
33	Poker	Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	World Poker Tournaments (WPT); and
(ii)	World Series of Poker.	

No	Events	Classes of Events	
34	Political Elections	Each election as scheduled, sanctioned and determined by the relevant:

(i)	National or State electoral authority of the United States of America;
(ii)	Federal, State or Territory Electoral Commissions or Electoral Office of Australia;  
(iii)	National electoral authority of the United Kingdom; and
(iv)	National electoral authority of New Zealand.
	
35	Power Boats	Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Union Internationale Motonautique (International Power Boating Association);
(ii)	Australian Power Boat Association.
	
36	Rowing	Each World Rowing Championship event as scheduled and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés ď Aviron.
	
37	Rugby League	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Australian Rugby League;
(ii)	National Rugby League;
(iii)	Rugby League International Federation; and
(iv)	Rugby Football League (United Kingdom).

2.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Leagues and Federation.

No 	Events	Classes of Events	
38
	Rugby Union
	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	International Rugby Board;
(ii)	SANZAR;
(iii)	Australian Rugby Union;  
(iv)	ERC (formerly European Rugby Cup Limited); and
(v)	Rugby Football Union.

2.  Each National Provincial Championship and Premier Domestic Competition event sanctioned and scheduled by the First Tier National Rugby Unions of the International Rugby Board together with the relevant co-scheduling Rugby Union authority.

3.  Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Boards, Unions and entities.	
39	Showjumping	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Fédération Equestre Internationale.
	
40	Snooker	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association; and
(ii)	Australian Billiards and Snooker Council Inc.
	
41
	Soccer

	1.  Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Fédération Internationale de Football Associations;
(ii)	Union of European Football Associations (UEFA);
(iii)	Asian Football Confederation (AFC); and
(iv)	Football Federation Australia.

2.  Each National Team event scheduled and sanctioned by UEFA’s and AFC’s National Association members.	

No	Events	Classes of Events	
41	Soccer
(Continued)	3. Each Premier League and Main Cup event sanctioned by UEFA’s and AFC’s National Association members together with the scheduling and co-sanctioning relevant League.

4.  Each event sanctioned by The Football Association or the Scottish Football League together with the scheduling and co-sanctioning Leagues, comprising of:

(i)	The Football League; 
(ii)	Football League One;  
(iii)	Football League Two;
(iv)	Scottish First Division; and
(v)	Scottish Second Division.

5.	Each Copa América event scheduled and sanctioned by the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL).

6.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation and the Canadian Soccer Association together with the scheduling and co-sanctioning Major League Soccer.

7.	Beach Soccer Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	FIFA; and
(ii)	Beach Soccer Worldwide (BBSW).

8.	Player awards and medals as sanctioned by the above Associations, Federations, Confederations and Leagues.

No	Events	Classes of Events	
42	Squash	Events scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	World Squash Federation;
(ii)	Professional Squash Association (PSA); and
(iii)	Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA).
	
43	Surfing	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Association of Surfing Professionals;
(ii)	Surfing Australia; and
(iii)	Surfing Australia as licensee of the Association of Surfing Professionals Australasia.
	
44	Swimming	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Fédération Internationale de Natation; and
(ii)	Swimming Australia.
	
45	Table Tennis	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the Internationale Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
	
46	Tennis	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	International Tennis Federation;
(ii)	ATP Tour (Association of Tennis Professionals);
(iii)	WTA Tour (Women’s Tennis Association); and
(iv)	Tennis Australia.

3.	Each exhibition event conducted and sanctioned by any of the above tennis organisations.

No	Events	Classes of Events	
47	Ten Pin Bowling 	Events and Series sanctioned by:

(i)	Professional Bowlers Association (PBA);
(ii)	European Tenpin Bowling Federation; and
(iii)	United States Bowling Congress (USBC).	
48	Triathlon	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by:

(i)	Triathlon Australia;
(ii)	the International Triathlon Union; and
(iii)	the World Triathlon Corporation.
	
49	Volleyball	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by Fédération Internationale de Volleyball.

2.	Beach Volleyball events scheduled and sanctioned by the Federation Internationale de Volleyball.	
50	Weightlifting	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).
	
51	Winter Sports	Events scheduled and sanctioned by the International Ski Federation.
	
52

	Yacht Racing

	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia for the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.

2.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by Yachting NSW for 18’ Skiff Championships.

3.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the Royal Ocean Racing Club for the Admiral’s Cup.

4.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant America’s Cup Defender’s Event Authority for the America’s Cup.	

No	Events	Classes of Events	
52	Yacht Racing
(continued)
	5.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF).	

Schedule 2

No	Events	Classes of Events 	
1	Greyhound Racing	1.	Each greyhound race as scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant Australian State or      Territory greyhound racing controlling body.

2.	Each New Zealand, South African, United Kingdom, USA race, whether group, listed, or equivalent status as determined, scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant greyhound racing controlling body of each jurisdiction.
	
2	Harness Racing	1.	Each harness race as scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant Australian State or Territory harness racing controlling body.

2.	Each Austrian, Belgian, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norwegian, Swedish, United Kingdom, and USA race, whether group, listed, or equivalent status as determined, scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant harness racing controlling body of each jurisdiction.
	
3

	Thoroughbred Racing

	1.	Each event scheduled and sanctioned by the relevant Australian State or Territory thoroughbred racing controlling body.

2.	Each race, whether group, listed, or equivalent status as determined, scheduled and sanctioned by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee, conducted by: 

(i)	the Hong Kong Jockey Club;
(ii)	New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc;
(iii)	the British Horseracing Board;
(iv)	the Japan Racing Association;
(v)	France Galop;
(vi)	Horse Racing Ireland;  
(vii)	the Jockey Club of Southern Africa;	

3	Thoroughbred Racing 
(continued)	(viii)	The Jockey Club of Canada;
(ix)	the Direktorium Für Vollblutzucht und Rennen (Germany); 
(x)	L’Unione Nazionale per l’Incremento delle Razza Equine (U.N.I.R.E) (Italy);
(xi)	Svensk Galopp (Sweden); and
(xii)	Korea Racing Authority (South Korea).

3.	Each Singaporean race, whether group, listed, or equivalent status as determined by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee, conducted by the Malayan Racing Association.

4.	Each Malaysian race, whether group, listed, or equivalent status as determined by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee, conducted by the Malayan Racing Association.

5.	Each Dubai, United Arab Emirates race, whether group, listed or equivalent status as determined by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee, conducted by the Emirates Racing Authority.
 
6.	Each USA race, whether group, listed or equivalent status as determined by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee, conducted by the relevant thoroughbred racing controlling body for each State.