ACMA orders blocks on three more illegal gambling sites
The latest action coincides with the inaugural Illegal Gambling Awareness Week and brings the regulator’s blocked websites total to 1,850.
Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested that online service providers (ISPs) block three more unlicensed online gambling sites. It says its investigations found the sites to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The sites are Gday77, SpinBet, X4Bet.
The latest blocking action comes amid the inaugural Illegal Gambling Awareness Week, an initiative launched by the International Association of Gambling Regulators. ACMA says that since it made its first blocking request in November 2019, 1,850 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked. It also says that over 230 illegal services have also pulled out of the Australian market since it started enforcing illegal online gambling rules in 2017.
