PM should legislate live odds ban: Vic PRIME Minister Julia Gillard should legislate a ban on live betting odds rather than letting the television industry set its own rules, the Victorian premier says. Free TV Australia has pledged to introduce new rules prohibiting live betting odds during sports broadcasts after the federal government threatened to legislate the ban. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says the prime minister should have moved straight to legislation rather than allowing the television industry to set its own code. "I hope that what they're proposing works," he said. What they're proposing is to ask the industry to rein in what their activities are and threatening legislation if they don't. I would think that you might go straight to legislation if I was in her (Ms Gillard's) shoes.