For example, it has also been interpreted to include online gambling as well, even though the legislation stems from the early ’50s. The new legislation that was introduced at the time even prohibited telecommunications and any other similar ways of being able to place a bet between a punter and a gambling venue, but this could be interpreted in several ways. The Betting Act in Malaysia first came in to effect back in 1952 and it pretty much outlawed almost every form of gambling imaginable.