The Authority may, subject to subsections (3) and (4) and in accordance with Chapter 7, issue a gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose authorising the licensee to provide one or more relevant gambling activities. Relevant activities are: games prescribed under section 86(1); pool betting for an event, a series of events or a class of events specified in the licence; and lottery activities or products prescribed under section 87(1).

A gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose may authorise provision from one or more premises to persons attending those premises (and, if specified, off the premises through the licensee or a person who is the licensee’s employee, servant or agent), by remote means, or both. For the purposes of the Act, charitable or philanthropic purposes include prevention or relief of poverty or economic hardship; advancement of education or religion; and a list of other community benefits including community welfare and development, civic responsibility, health, sport, conflict resolution, harmony, environmental protection and sustainability, efficient use of charitable property, prevention of animal suffering, the arts, culture, heritage and sciences, integration of disadvantaged persons and advancement of human rights.