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Obligation in respect of method of payment for relevant gambling activity
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165. (1) A licensee to whom this Chapter applies shall not—
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(a) accept payment for a relevant gambling activity by credit card,
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(b) extend a credit facility to a participant, or
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(c) participate in, arrange, permit or knowingly facilitate the giving of credit in connection with a relevant gambling activity.
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(2) The prohibition in subsection (1) includes payment by electronic or digital means which uses money loaded from a credit card.
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(3) In addition to what is provided for in subsection (1), the Authority may, where it is satisfied that a form of payment, a type of customer account scheme or a feature of a customer account scheme may contribute to excessive or compulsive gambling, prescribe—
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(a) the form of payment for a relevant gambling activity as a form that shall not be accepted by a licensee to whom this Chapter applies,
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(b) the type of customer account schemes as a type that a licensee to whom this Chapter applies may not provide for relevant gambling activities, or
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(c) the feature concerned as a feature that a licensee to whom this Chapter applies may not provide in a customer account scheme.
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(4) A licensee who fails to comply with a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.
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