{"id":10874,"date":"2020-10-13T21:38:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T21:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10874"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:01:14","slug":"acma-blocks-two-more-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-two-more-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"ACMA blocks two more gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Australian authority warned customers to withdraw funds from&nbsp;Dinkum Pokies and Fortune Clock Casino.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-&nbsp;The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ordered Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block two offshore&nbsp;gambling websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>ACMA<\/em><\/strong> warned customers to withdraw funds from\u00a0Dinkum Pokies and Fortune Clock Casino immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said: \u201cFollowing numerous complaints about these services, including complaints about withholding winnings and poor player treatment, the ACMA undertook investigations which found them to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACMA has <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-blocks-eight-offshore-gambling-sites\" target=\"_blank\">blocked 150 gambling websites<\/a><\/em><\/strong> since November 2019. It says over&nbsp;100 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market since it began its policy in 2017.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian authority warned customers to withdraw funds from&nbsp;Dinkum Pokies and Fortune Clock Casino.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ordered ISPs to block two offshore gambling websites, Dinkum Pokies and Fortune Clock Casino, due to breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, including complaints of withheld winnings. This action is part of ACMA's ongoing enforcement policy, which has seen 150 gambling websites blocked since November 2019 and over 100 illegal services exit the Australian market since 2017.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Dinkum Pokies, Fortune Clock Casino","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Market Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of ACMA's continued enforcement on the market share and GGR of licensed B2C operators in Australia?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How does ACMA assess the long-term efficacy of ISP blocking in deterring new offshore operators from targeting the Australian iGaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093,289],"class_list":["post-10874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma","tag-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10874"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008680,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10874\/revisions\/777008680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}