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The VCGLR may approve events, or classes of events, of any kind for betting purposes, whether those events are held entirely or partly within or outside Victoria. This page outlines approved betting events.
The approval of a betting competition must specify whether it is a competition with fixed odds or a competition conducted on a totalisator.
The following events or classes of events (for example, a particular league or sport) listed below have been approved by the VCGLR for sports betting purposes:
| Sports event | Approved by the VCGLR |
|---|---|
| American football | Matches controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Athletics | Meetings controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Australian football | Games that form part of the Australian Football League and Victorian Football League competitions including the State of Origin series and the Brownlow Medal Vote Count. |
| Badminton | Controlled and regulated by Badminton Australia and/or Badminton World Federation except for those competitions restricted to age groups less than 18 years of age, and when those events are contested in the following tournaments:
|
| Baseball | Matches controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Basketball | Matches controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Boxing | Contests controlled and regulated by national or international authorities (subject to the condition that separate individual approval of boxing contests taking place in the Commonwealth of Australia be sought except if the contest is an officially sanctioned national and international boxing title fight). |
| Cricket | Matches controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Cycling | Events controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Darts | Events controlled and regulated by the World Darts Federation of the Professional Darts Corporation. |
| Field hockey | Controlled and regulated by Hockey Australia and/or the International Hockey Federation (FIH – Federation Internationale de Hockey) and contested in the following tournaments:
|
| Golf | Events controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Ice hockey | Matches controlled and regulated by the American National Ice Hockey League. |
| International rules | Games controlled and regulated by the Australian Football League and the Gaelic Athletic Association. |
| Ironman | Events controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Lawn bowls | Controlled and regulated by Bowls Australia and/or World Bowls when those events are contested in the following competitions (except those competitions restricted to age groups less than 18 years of age):
|
| Motor sport | Races controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Netball | Matches controlled and regulated by national and international authorities. |
| Olympic and Commonwealth Games | Contingencies of, or relating to events at Olympic and Commonwealth Games. |
| Professional snooker | Events controlled and regulated by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. |
| Rugby | Matches controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Soccer | Matches controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Surfing | Events controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Tennis | Tournaments controlled and regulated by state, national and international authorities. |
| Triathlon | Events controlled and regulated by national and international authorities. |
| Volleyball (including beach volleyball) | Controlled and regulated by Volleyball Australia and/or the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB - Federation Internationale de Volleyball) in the following non-restrictive aged tournaments:
|
| Yachting | Events controlled and regulated by national or international authorities. |
| Sports event | Approved by the VCGLR |
|---|---|
| Australian Rules Football | Games that form part of the Australian Football League competition including the State of Origin series. |
| Event | Approved by the VCGLR |
| American Academy Awards | Fixed odds betting for American Academy Awards. |
| United Kingdom general elections | Fixed odds betting for United Kingdom general elections. |
| United States of America presidential elections | Fixed odds betting for United States of America presidential elections. |
| Australian federal elections | Fixed odds betting for Australian federal elections. |
| Australian state elections | Fixed odds betting for Australian state elections. |
The VCGLR may approve events of any kind for betting purposes, whether those events are held entirely or partly within Vic
