{"id":16316,"date":"2021-03-29T14:54:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16316"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:47:06","slug":"australia-10-unlicensed-online-casinos-still-in-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-10-unlicensed-online-casinos-still-in-operation","title":{"rendered":"Australia: 10 unlicensed online casinos still in operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Although the ACMA has been aware of the sites for two months, the 10 unlicensed online casinos have not been shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) asked<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-to-block-10-unlicensed-gambling-sites\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block 10 gaming sites<\/a><\/em> last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the <strong>10 unlicensed online casinos<\/strong>, including Golden Reels, All Spins Win, Bonza Spins, Pokie Spins, Golden Pokies, House of Pokies, among others, <strong>are still live in Australia<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since November 2019, <strong>ACMA has blocked a total of 238 illegal gambling websites<\/strong>. Unlicensed online gambling in Australia can be punished with fines of up to AU$1.1m a day under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Revenues from online gambling operators<\/strong> in the Asia-Pacific are estimated at <strong>between AU$65bn (US$50bn) to more than AU$90bn (US$70bn)<\/strong>, driven by a <strong>rise in popularity <\/strong>due to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the ACMA has been aware of the sites for two months, the 10 unlicensed online casinos have not been shut down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16317,"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 requested Australian ISPs to block ten unlicensed online casinos, yet these sites remain operational, highlighting ongoing enforcement challenges against illegal iGaming. This situation underscores the complexities of regulatory compliance within the Australian market, where the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 imposes significant penalties for unauthorized operations. The broader Asia-Pacific region continues to see substantial online gambling revenues, exacerbated by pandemic-driven demand.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Golden Reels, All Spins Win, Bonza Spins, Pokie Spins, Golden Pokies, House of Pokies","focusai_location":"Australia, Asia-Pacific","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific technical or legal impediments are preventing Australian ISPs from effectively implementing ACMA's blocking directives against these identified unlicensed iGaming operators?"},{"label":"Impact on Regulated GGR","query":"How does the continued operation of these unlicensed casinos impact the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and market share for licensed B2C operators within the Australian iGaming landscape?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[6093,23911],"class_list":["post-16316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-acma","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16316"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16347,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16316\/revisions\/16347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}