The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is making the prosecution of rogue affiliates working for unlicensed, offshore casinos a priority as it moves forward into 2023. It's a move that highlights how seriously Australian officials take black market gaming operations, and the affiliates that support them. In a report titled, Online gambling affiliate services:…
Australians have just about had enough of the continuous drone of gambling advertisements on their televisions, computers, phones and radios. That's the big takeaway from a recent survey by the Australia Institute where a full 71 percent of respondents said that gambling advertisements should be banned entirely. The Australia Institute, an Aussie polling firm similar…
Lawmakers in New South Wales (NSW), Australia are instituting a 15 percent point of consumption tax (POCT) on operators in the state. That move closes a loophole that allowed gambling operators to evade taxes by keeping their servers in other places and takes a big bite out of revenue streams. Lawmakers passed a similar bill…
BetDeluxe will be paying out AU$100,000 ($70,000 USD) to the The New South Wales (NSW) Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority for violating local laws on inducing gambling via bonus offers. Regulators further warned that other operators will be feeling the sting of a crackdown on illegal promotions. At the heart of the matter were a…
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is taking action against six offshore gambling and casino affiliate sites that have been serving local players without a local license. Regulators made the move as part of a larger effort to protect Australian gamblers from fraud, identity theft, and the other risks associated with gambling with unlicensed…
Investigators in New South Wales (NSW) are asking for the public's help in a major investigation probing the links between illegal money laundering and the poker machines known as pokies. The investigation is major win for anti-pokie activists and could mean trouble for pokie operators. Pokies and their alleged links to organized crime came roaring…
Bet-at-Home is laying off 65 Austrian employees as part of a restructuring plan brought on by the ravages of the pandemic and its associated shutdown orders. The layoffs come on the heels of the company's October announcement that it would be departing the Austrian market entirely. Life for Bet-at-Home in the Austrian online gambling market…
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is issuing an order calling for local internet service providers (ISPs) to block several offshore lottery sites that have been illegally serving Australian customers. It's the first time that lottery operators have been targeted under the terms of the country's Interactive Gambling Act 2001. After a lengthy investigation,…
A recent study conducted by the Australian government revealed that Aussies are gambling less than they were two years ago. That same study found that those folks who were still playing, were much more likely to be problem gamblers. Online gambling, however, showed significant growth over that same period. Australia's National Survey of Interactive Gambling…
Some of Australia's biggest online gambling operators are coming out in support of a measure that would ban the use of credit cards on their sites. It's a significant move that will certainly impact their bottom lines, but it's also a move that seems inevitable given the political climate Down Under. Though they were initially…
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