Online Gambling Websites End Up On Australia Blacklist

I hate to say it but i think this is full of it…

I *think* its illegal for ISPs to block internet sites here…

They are talking about a national filter plan, but to be honest, I think the people are going to be so angry at it that it will get thrown out… and I reckon people would be so angry that there would be an assassination attempt on the prime minister for it…

There are groups already on facebook for people who are against it and they have tens/hundreds of thousands of members….

I think he has more to worry about than what websites people are looking at… He just cut something like 400 million or 400 billion worth of funding to public schools… and this is after promising that every child in every school will get their own personal laptop computer…

I think he will have so much on his plate to worry about that this will be chucked out….

Id also like to just throw in that I dont think he will be in power for more than 1 term… heres hoping.

OK sorry for spamming….

Basically, the IGA (Interactive Gambling Act 2001) specifies that it is illegal to advertise in a way that someone physically in Australia can make a bet…but it doesn’t actually specify that its illegal for an Australian to make the bet, so I’m assuming this is why complaints are able to be made….and why there are a few companies based in Oz that do not allow Aussies to play…

a quicky from the site:

The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (the IGA) makes it an offence to provide, or advertise, certain interactive gambling services. Information about the IGA, as well as information about the Commonwealth Government’s interactive gambling policy, is available from the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

I’d be interested to hear some other POVs…

This is definitely a good topic…

@Renee 156133 wrote:

However, i believe its actually legal for sportsbetting here…

Sporting betting is fine – as long as they do not allow “in-play” betting on the game.

So Australians can bet on Sports and even use betting exchanges like Betfair, but they are not allowed to use the “in-play” function. Betfair spent quite a bit of effort creating a special “australian wallet” to restrict functions away from these users.

It seems that the definition was designed to restrict poker and casino games and that the key part is “makes it an offence to provide, or advertise, certain interactive gambling services” …

This interactive has been specfied some where else to mean short term repetitive betting (like slots or blackjack, or betting on who wins the next point in a tennis match).

So places like Centrebet and Canbet can legally operate a SportsBetting, Casino and Poker site in Australia – but are only allowed to offer the sportsbetting to Australian citizens ..

(at least that’s the way that I’ve been told to market it … by both organizations)

Hope that helps.
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100% right.

We can offer Sportsbetting to players in Aus, but we are not allowed to advertise. As far as I understand the “In-Play” betting, players can bet “In-Play”, but they have to place the bets over the phone, and not on the Net.

Also, we are not allowed to offer ANY Poker or Casino play to player physically present in Australia.

And let’s not forget about soon being able to bet via the TV thanks to Tabcorp. At least I think it’s them. There was an announcement a few weeks back and to me it just smacked of political lobbying by certain parts of the gambling industry to try and keep their market share.

Renee, congratulations on reading the entire Act. I tried and quickly remembered why I didn’t enjoy the law subjects at uni. Far too much flicking around to find definitions.