Casino Cashback Bonuses for Australians (October 2026)

A casino cashback bonus returns a percentage of your net losses over a set period, usually a day or a week, as bonus money with light wagering. In October 2026 the cashback deals open to Australians at the casinos we checked range from 3% to 15% daily at Jet4Bet (5x wagering) to 5% to 50% weekly on slots at Goldex (10x), with weekly offers of up to 25% at Nine and BDMBet and 15% at OscarSpin. No online casino is licensed in Australia, and under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 offering online casino games here is an offence for the operator, not the player.

Cashback is the seatbelt of casino bonuses, Bros: it does nothing on a good night and softens the landing on a bad one. It is also the bonus type where the fine print does the most work, because “up to 50%” usually means “5% for most people”. We read every tier on this page from the casinos’ Australian promotion pages and terms between 6 and 8 October 2026, and checked each domain against ACMA’s blocked list on 8 October. One more thing before the numbers: cashback should never be a reason to keep playing after a loss. If that is happening, Gambling Help Online is free on 1800 858 858, 24/7.

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   Goldex

   325% up to $57,000 + 500 free spins over four deposits, codes GOLDEX1 to GOLDEX4 (AU promo page, October 2026)

   • Weekly slots cashback 5% to 50%, 10x wagering
   • No max bet while wagering cashback
   • Higher cashback withdrawal caps for VIPs

   ★ 4.4/5 · Licence: No licence number shown on its Australian site (October 2026). Not licensed in Australia

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. The AU promo page shows 100% up to $6,000, 100% up to $12,000, 50% up to $15,000 and 75% up to $24,000; the bonus terms (updated 29 Sep 2026) list 100% up to 2,000, 100% up to 3,000, 50% up to 6,000 and 100% up to 4,000 EUR/USD: confirm the AU amounts with support. Wagering 40x; winnings capped at 5x the bonus; no max bet on welcome bonuses. Live dealer card games count 5%. T&Cs apply.
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   Jet4Bet

   Up to A$22,500 + 200 free spins over four deposits, codes JET1 to JET4 (A$30 minimum each)

   • Daily cashback 3% to 15% at 5x
   • 10% weekly live casino cashback
   • HIGHROLL: 10% cashback with no wagering

   ★ 4.2/5 · Licence: No licence number shown on its Australian site (October 2026). Not licensed in Australia

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. Bonus and spin winnings wagered 40x within 7 days; unused bonus expires 3 days after crediting; AU spins on Coin Strike: Hold and Win at A$0.15; withdrawals from a bonus capped at 5x the bonus unless the offer says otherwise. Live dealer games count 5%. T&Cs apply.
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   Nine Casino

   Up to $5,000 + 150 spins + 3 bonus rounds: 100% up to $500 + 50 spins, 100% up to $1,000, 75% up to $1,500, then a bonus wheel (AU site, October 2026)

   • Weekly cashback up to 25% on slots
   • Rakeback up to 18%, no maximum
   • Cashback tracked in the Bonus Hub

   ★ 4.2/5 · Licence: No licence number shown on its Australian site (October 2026). Not licensed in Australia

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. A$22.50 minimum per welcome deposit. Default wagering 40x the bonus; max bet A$7.50 on slots and A$15 on live games while wagering; sign-up spin winnings capped at EUR 50 equivalent; welcome bonuses valid 7 days. Live games count 0% (live roulette and blackjack 10%). Amatic games and NetEnt jackpots closed to Australians. T&Cs apply.
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   OscarSpin

   Up to $2,500 + 225 spins and 1 bonus round across the first deposits (AU site, October 2026)

   • 15% weekly cashback
   • A$20 minimum deposit
   • Sunday reload with code FORTUNE

   ★ 4.8/5 · Licence: No licence number shown on its Australian site (October 2026). Not licensed in Australia

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. A$20 minimum per welcome deposit. Default wagering 40x the bonus; bonus winnings capped at 5x the bonus; max bet A$10 while wagering; welcome spin winnings capped at A$80; welcome bonuses valid 7 days. Live games count 0% (live roulette and blackjack 10%). T&Cs apply.
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   BDMBet

   Up to $4,000 + 150 free spins: 100% up to $500 + spins, 100% up to $1,000, 75% up to $1,500, then a bonus wheel (AU site, October 2026)

   • Weekly cashback up to 25%
   • 35x default wagering on bonuses
   • A$30 minimum deposit

   ★ 4.3/5 · Licence: No licence number shown on its Australian site (October 2026). Not licensed in Australia

   Visit siteRead review18+. New players. A$30 minimum per welcome deposit. Default wagering 35x the bonus; max bet A$7.50 on slots and A$15 on live games while wagering; sign-up spin winnings capped at EUR 50 equivalent; welcome bonuses valid 7 days. Live games count 0% (live roulette and blackjack 10%). T&Cs apply.

Cashback Offers for Australians Compared

The table lists each casino’s main cashback deal. “Based on” shows what the percentage is applied to, which matters as much as the percentage itself.

Goldex and Jet4Bet publish full cashback rules, so they get the most detail below. Nine publishes how its cashback is calculated but not its tier table in readable form. OscarSpin and BDMBet show a percentage on the promo card only, so treat those as headline figures and ask support for the tiers. For every other bonus type, start at our casino bonus hub.

How Casino Cashback Is Calculated

“10% cashback” means nothing until you know 10% of what. The five casinos here use three different bases, and they produce very different numbers from the same week of play.

Net deposits (Goldex)

Goldex’s terms give a formula: successful deposits for the period, minus your balance (including bonus money), minus processed cashouts, minus pending cashouts. In plain English, it is the money you put in and did not take out or still hold. Deposit A$1,000, withdraw A$200 and finish the week with A$300 in the account, and the base is A$500. The percentage then depends on how much you deposited during the week, from 5% for $300 or more.

Lost bets (Jet4Bet)

Jet4Bet’s daily cashback is a percentage of your lost real-money bets on the previous day, with the rate set by how much you deposited that day: 3% from $75 up to 15% from $11,250. Bonus funds are not included, and the cashback only lands if your real-money loss for the day was at least $45.

Real losses capped at deposits (Nine)

Nine’s FAQ says its cashback percentage depends on your total deposits in the previous week and is calculated on your real losses in that period, from slot games only. If your deposits were lower than your losses (because you were playing with earlier winnings, say), cashback is calculated on the deposit amount instead. The week runs Monday to Sunday in UTC.

The common thread: cashback is a percentage of money you have already lost, and the percentage rises with how much you deposit. That is worth keeping in mind every time a promo says “up to”.

Each Casino’s Cashback in Detail

Goldex: Weekly Slots Cashback, 5% to 50% at 10x

Goldex credits its weekly cashback every Monday at 00:01 UTC (11:01am Monday in Sydney during daylight saving) for real-money bets on slots in the previous week. You need more than $75 of spend in the week to qualify. The rate depends on your deposits during the period:

The cashback carries 10x wagering on slots, with no maximum bet, and winnings are limited to five times the bonus amount. VIP Club members get a higher withdrawal multiple on cashback: seven times for Bronze and Silver, ten times for Gold and Platinum, and fifteen times for Black and Supreme. Goldex’s general terms also say cashback counts as a bonus unless stated otherwise, so the usual bonus rules (one bonus at a time, game contributions) apply.

Notice where the 50% sits: at $750,000 of deposits in a single week. For the vast majority of players, Goldex cashback is 5%, and 7% for heavier weeks. That is still a decent deal because 10x wagering leaves most of it intact. Read our Goldex review for the full casino picture.

Jet4Bet: Daily Cashback at 5x, Plus Live Cashback

Jet4Bet pays cashback every day, once per UTC day, to players who have made at least four deposits in total. The percentage depends on your real-money deposits the previous day:

The cashback page says it is credited between 00:01 and 01:00 UTC, must be activated within 24 hours, carries 5x wagering, and must be wagered within 48 hours of activation; it is paid only if your real-money loss for the previous day was at least $45. Jet4Bet’s general bonus terms describe the same promotion slightly differently (credited at 08:00 UTC, 5x within seven days), so if timing matters to you, check the version in your account.

Live players get a separate deal: every Wednesday you can claim 10% cashback on your live game losses over the previous seven days. And new players who take the First Deposit High Roll bonus (code HIGHROLL, from $750) also get 10% cashback up to $1,500 on the following week’s real-money bets, with no wagering on the cashback, credited on the eighth day. That is the only wager-free cashback we found on this page. See our Jet4Bet review.

Nine Casino: Weekly Cashback up to 25% and Rakeback up to 18%

Nine advertises weekly cashback of up to 25%. As described above, the rate rises with your deposits in the previous week, and the base is your real losses on slots, capped at what you deposited. Collected cashback is tracked in the Bonus Hub with its own wagering requirement, so it behaves like a bonus rather than cash. Nine’s terms say promotions are open only once you have completed the welcome package (unless you received an increased welcome bonus).

Nine also runs rakeback, which is different from cashback and covered in its own section below. Australians should note that Nine bars them from Amatic games and NetEnt jackpots. See the Nine Casino review.

OscarSpin: 15% Weekly Cashback

OscarSpin’s promotions page shows a flat 15% weekly cashback. We could not find its casino cashback rules in readable form in the terms; the cashback section there covers the sportsbook, where the calculation uses net loss and the week’s deposits, much like Nine’s. OscarSpin’s terms also say promotions are only for players who have completed the welcome package, including wagering. Ask support for the casino cashback’s wagering and game list before relying on it. More in our OscarSpin review.

BDMBet: Weekly Cashback up to 25%

BDMBet advertised weekly cashback of up to 25% when we last read its site on 7 October 2026. On 8 October its pages sent our Australian connection to a security check, so we could not re-read the cashback tiers. It runs on the same platform style as Nine, so expect a deposit-based scale, but confirm with support. See the BDMBet review.

Cashback Maths: What a Losing Week Actually Returns

Cashback is easiest to judge with real numbers. These examples use the published rules; the expected cost of wagering assumes pokies at 96% RTP.

Two points stand out. First, cashback amounts are small next to welcome bonuses, but almost all of the value survives because the wagering is light: 5x at 96% RTP costs only 20% of the cashback, and 10x costs 40%. Compare that with a 40x match bonus, which is expected to cost 160% of its value. Second, the rates rise with deposits, so the “best” tier is reserved for players depositing thousands a week. Do not deposit more to reach a higher tier; the extra deposit is far larger than the extra cashback.

Why chasing a higher tier never pays

Take Goldex. Moving from the 5% tier to the 7% tier means depositing $1,500 instead of $300 in a week. If you lose the extra $1,200, the cashback rises from about $15 to about $105, so you get $90 more back for $1,200 more lost. The higher tier is a reward for volume you were already going to play, never a reason to add volume.

One Week at Goldex, Day by Day

Here is how Goldex’s formula plays out across a realistic week for a player who deposits a few times and cashes out once. All play is on slots, and the week runs Monday to Sunday in UTC.

Deposits for the week are A$300, which reaches the 5% tier. The cashback base is A$300 minus the A$20 balance minus the A$250 cashout, which leaves A$30. Five per cent of A$30 is A$1.50, credited on Monday at 00:01 UTC with 10x wagering. Had the player skipped the withdrawal and still finished the week on A$20, the base would have been A$280 and the cashback A$14. That is the formula working as designed: cashback rewards net losses, and a withdrawal turns a loss into a smaller loss. Nobody should skip a withdrawal to protect a cashback figure.

A Year of Cashback: What It Adds Up To

Because cashback is small but frequent, it is worth looking at over a year. These two profiles use the published tiers and assume the player loses a steady share of deposits.

Profile 1: A$300 a week at Goldex

Deposit A$300 every week and lose, on average, A$200 of it (finishing each week with A$100 that you withdraw). The Goldex base is A$300 minus A$100 withdrawn, so A$200, and the rate is 5%: A$10 a week. Over 52 weeks that is A$520 of cashback, each payment wagered 10x (A$100 a week of extra turnover, about A$4 of expected cost). Net value kept: about A$312 a year, against A$10,400 of losses. Cashback has softened the year by about 3%.

Profile 2: A$100 a day, five days a week, at Jet4Bet

Deposit A$100 on five days a week and lose A$60 a day on average. Each qualifying day earns 3% of A$60, so A$1.80, wagered 5x within 48 hours of activation. Over a year (260 playing days) that is A$468 of cashback, costing about A$94 to clear at 96% RTP. Net value kept: about A$374, against A$15,600 of losses, or roughly 2.4%.

The lesson is not that cashback is worthless; it is that cashback is a discount, not an income. It works best for people who would play the same amount without it and who see the credit as a rebate rather than a reason to log in.

Questions to Ask Before Trusting Any Cashback Offer

Cashback headlines are easy to compare and hard to understand. Before you sign up anywhere, including casinos not on this page, get answers to these questions from the terms or from support, in writing:

1. The base. Net deposits, lost bets or real losses, and whether withdrawals and your current balance are subtracted.
2. The period and the time zone it starts and ends in.
3. Eligible games: slots only, or live and table games too.
4. How the percentage is set, by deposits, losses or VIP level, and the rate a typical player actually gets.
5. Cash or bonus. If it is a bonus, find the wagering, max bet and win cap.
6. Claiming: automatic or manual, and how long before it expires.
7. Exclusions, such as new players still on the welcome package, players with an active bonus or certain countries.

If the casino cannot answer these clearly, treat the cashback as marketing rather than a feature.

VIP and Loyalty Cashback

Cashback usually improves with loyalty status, and several of the casinos here say so directly. Goldex’s cashback terms raise the maximum withdrawal from cashback for VIP Club members, from five times the cashback for regular players to seven, ten or fifteen times depending on status. Goldex invites players to its VIP Club once they have deposited $3,750 in total, and its VIP page promises “higher cashback”, a personal manager and reduced or zero wagering on some offers. Jet4Bet’s terms give VIP-club members a higher withdrawal limit of 5,000 EUR/USD a week and 20,000 a month, against 3,000 and 15,000 for other players.

OscarSpin runs a points-based VIP scheme with “Oscar Coins” and a Switch Club that offers to transfer VIP status from another casino; Nine ties its rakeback rate to your level. VIP perks are largely discretionary, so value them on what is written in the terms, not on what a manager promises in chat.

Currency, Conversion and the “$” Sign

The Australian versions of these casino sites show amounts with a “$” sign, and we treat them as Australian dollars because that is the currency the AU locale displays. Behind the scenes, things are less tidy. Jet4Bet’s and Goldex’s terms say the internal operating currency is the euro, so card transactions in AUD may cost slightly more than displayed because of conversion. Goldex’s cashback tiers are printed in dollars on the AU page, while its general bonus rules quote euro amounts “or the equivalent”. If you deposit near a tier boundary (A$300 or A$1,500 at Goldex), leave a small margin so a conversion difference does not drop you into a lower tier.

Is Casino Cashback Taxable in Australia?

The ATO does not treat gambling winnings of recreational gamblers as assessable income, and a cashback credit is part of the same recreational activity. Professional gamblers who run gambling as a business are treated differently, so anyone in that position should get tax advice. If you deposit or receive crypto, separate capital gains rules can apply to the crypto itself; our crypto casinos guide covers that angle.

Rakeback, Explained

Rakeback pays you a share of the casino’s built-in edge on every bet, whether it wins or loses. Nine describes it this way in its terms: for every bet in the casino, you get back a percentage of the house edge on that bet, set by your rakeback level, and the level depends on your deposits for the previous day.

Here is how that works in numbers. A pokie with 96% RTP has a 4% house edge. With 18% rakeback, you get 18% of that 4%, which is 0.72% of each bet. On A$5,000 of slot turnover over a month, that is about A$36. At a lower level of, say, 5%, the same turnover returns about A$10.

Nine’s rakeback rules are unusually player-friendly in some ways: there is no maximum rakeback amount and no cap on winnings from it. Instant rakeback becomes available once you have accumulated €0.10 or more, weekly rakeback seven days after the bet and monthly rakeback 30 days after. Only slot bets count, bonus funds do not qualify, and each rakeback payment must be collected within 24 hours of crediting.

Cashback vs Reloads vs Playing Without a Bonus

For a regular player, cashback is the most efficient bonus on this page, because it does not lock your deposit and keeps most of its value. A reload gives more playing time up front but costs more than it gives on average. Our reload bonus page shows the reload side of the comparison.

Cashback by Budget: What to Expect

Because every scheme here scales with deposits, your budget decides which tier you will realistically see. This table applies the published tiers to three weekly budgets, assuming the whole amount is lost on slots and nothing is withdrawn.

At small budgets, Goldex pays nothing until you reach $300 of deposits in a week, and Jet4Bet nothing on days below $75. At larger budgets, Goldex’s weekly scheme pays more because a single weekly total reaches higher tiers than daily totals do. Do not restructure your deposits to game the tiers; the differences are a few dollars and the extra depositing is the bigger risk.

Cashback Myths Worth Dropping

• “Cashback means I can’t lose.” You can, and on average you will. At 5% to 15%, cashback returns a small fraction of losses, as bonus money that still has to be wagered.
• “Up to 50% means half back.” Only at Goldex’s top tier, which starts at $750,000 of deposits in a week.
• “Cashback is paid in cash.” At these casinos it is credited as a bonus with wagering, except the 10% that comes with Jet4Bet’s HIGHROLL first-deposit offer.
• “It covers every game.” Goldex and Nine count slots only. Live players need a live-specific scheme such as Jet4Bet’s.
• “Bigger deposits mean better value.” A higher tier is a bigger percentage of a bigger loss. The extra loss always outweighs the extra cashback.
• “Cashback and reloads stack.” Only one bonus can be active at a time at Goldex and Nine, and Goldex treats cashback as a bonus, so an active reload has to be finished or cancelled first.

How to Claim Casino Cashback

1. Check eligibility. Jet4Bet needs four deposits; Nine and OscarSpin need the welcome package completed; Goldex needs more than $75 of slot spend in the week.
2. Play eligible games. Goldex and Nine count slots only. Jet4Bet’s daily cashback counts real-money bets; its live cashback counts live games.
3. Know the period. Jet4Bet uses the previous UTC day; Goldex and Nine the previous UTC week, Monday to Sunday.
4. Collect it in time. Jet4Bet’s daily cashback must be activated within 24 hours, and Nine’s rakeback collected within 24 hours of crediting.
5. Wager it. 5x at Jet4Bet (within 48 hours of activation), 10x at Goldex.
6. Withdraw within the cap. Goldex caps cashback winnings at five times the cashback, more for VIP members.

The Fine Print That Shrinks Cashback

• Withdrawals reduce the base at Goldex. Processed and pending cashouts are subtracted, so cashing out mid-week lowers next Monday’s cashback.
• Your balance counts against you. Goldex also subtracts the balance you hold, including bonus money.
• Bonus money is excluded. Jet4Bet’s daily cashback applies only to real-money deposits, and Nine’s rakeback excludes bonus funds.
• Slots only. Goldex’s weekly and Nine’s cashback ignore table and live games.
• Minimum losses. Jet4Bet needs a A$45 real-money loss for the day; Goldex more than $75 of slot spend in the week.
• Cashback is a bonus. At Goldex, cashback is a bonus unless stated otherwise, so you may need to finish another active bonus first.
• Time zones. Every period runs on UTC; Australian evenings may land in the next day.

Who Cashback Suits

• Regular pokie players who deposit similar amounts each week: Goldex weekly cashback at 10x, or Nine’s cashback plus rakeback.
• Players who dislike locked balances: cashback does not tie up your deposit the way a match bonus does.
• Live casino players: Jet4Bet’s 10% weekly live cashback is one of the few bonuses that suits live play. Our live casino guide covers the tables.
• High rollers starting at Jet4Bet: the HIGHROLL package’s 10% wager-free cashback is unusually clean.
• Occasional players who deposit less than A$300 a week: Goldex’s weekly scheme will usually pay nothing, so a casino with a lower entry tier, such as Jet4Bet’s 3% daily cashback from a A$75 deposit day (once you have four deposits), fits better.
• Not for anyone who finds that a cashback credit tempts them to keep playing after a loss. In that case, the bonus is working against you.

Cashback and Loss Chasing

Cashback is marketed as a safety net, and mathematically it is one. Psychologically, it can work the other way: a credit arriving the morning after a bad session is an invitation to play again. Gambling counsellors describe chasing losses as one of the clearest warning signs of harmful gambling. If you notice that you plan sessions around the cashback timetable, or play on because “some of it comes back anyway”, stop and talk to someone. Gambling Help Online (1800 858 858) is free and confidential, and our responsible gaming page lists tools such as deposit limits, time-outs and self-exclusion. BetStop covers licensed Australian wagering only, so use each casino’s own exclusion tool too.

New Player? Welcome Bonus First, Cashback Later

At most of these casinos you cannot pick cashback instead of the welcome bonus on day one. Nine and OscarSpin open their promotions, including cashback, only once the welcome package is complete, and Jet4Bet’s daily cashback starts after four deposits. Goldex is the exception: its weekly cashback applies to anyone with enough slot spend in the week.

That shapes the decision for new players. If you know you prefer cashback’s light wagering, you have two routes. One is to decline the welcome bonus in the cashier (every casino here lets you refuse or cancel a bonus before wagering it) and play with cash until you qualify for the regular cashback. The other is to start at Goldex, where cashback is available from the first qualifying week. For high rollers, Jet4Bet’s HIGHROLL first-deposit offer bundles a 10% wager-free cashback into the sign-up deal. Our welcome bonus guide compares the sign-up packages if you decide to take one.

How We Checked These Cashback Offers

Between 6 and 8 October 2026 we loaded each casino’s Australian promotions page, its dedicated cashback page where one exists (Goldex weekly, Jet4Bet daily and live) and its bonus terms through an Australian connection. We copied the tiers, caps, wagering, timing, eligible games and qualification rules, and we noted where a casino’s cashback page and its general terms disagree. We did not play or claim these offers ourselves, so there are no “test results” here, only the casinos’ own written rules. Those rules change; the casino’s current terms always win over this page.

The Legal Picture in Brief

The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it an offence to offer online casino games to people in Australia; the offence is the operator’s, not the player’s. ACMA enforces it by having internet providers block illegal sites and had blocked 1,822 since November 2019 as of 24 September 2026. None of the casinos on this page is licensed in Australia, which no online casino can be, so cashback disputes have no Australian regulator to go to. If a casino refuses a cashback payment, your options are its own complaints process and whatever dispute route its terms name, which is one more reason to keep screenshots of the offer and your account history. BetStop, the National Self-Exclusion Register, had 65,430 registrations by 30 June 2026, but it covers licensed Australian wagering services, not offshore casinos. The ATO does not treat recreational gambling winnings as assessable income.

Cashback Bonus FAQs

What is a cashback bonus at an online casino?

A refund of part of your net losses over a day or week, paid as bonus money with light wagering. At the casinos we checked it ranges from 3% to 15% daily at Jet4Bet to 5% to 50% weekly at Goldex.

Which casino has the best cashback for Australians?

Goldex has the clearest weekly scheme for slot players (5% from $300 of deposits, 10x wagering). Jet4Bet’s daily cashback has the lightest wagering (5x), and its 10% weekly live cashback suits table players.

Is casino cashback paid in cash?

Usually not. At Goldex, Jet4Bet and Nine it is credited as a bonus with wagering (10x at Goldex, 5x at Jet4Bet). The only wager-free cashback we found was the 10% that comes with Jet4Bet’s HIGHROLL first-deposit bonus.

What does “up to 50% cashback” really mean?

At Goldex, 50% applies only to players who deposit $750,000 or more in a week. Most players will get 5% (from $300) or 7% (from $1,500).

Does cashback apply to live casino games?

Not at Goldex or Nine, which count slots only. Jet4Bet’s daily cashback covers real-money bets, and its separate weekly live cashback pays 10% on live game losses.

What is the difference between cashback and rakeback?

Cashback returns a share of net losses; rakeback returns a share of the house edge on every bet, win or lose. At 18% rakeback on a 96% RTP pokie, you get back about 0.72% of every bet.

Should I deposit more to reach a higher cashback tier?

No. At Goldex, moving from 5% to 7% means depositing $1,500 instead of $300; losing the extra $1,200 returns only about $90 more in cashback.

Is cashback legal for Australian players?

Offering online casino games and bonuses to Australians is an offence for the operator under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001; claiming one is not an offence for the player.