{"id":17378,"date":"2021-04-29T14:52:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17378"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:57:17","slug":"australia-acma-blocks-four-more-unlicensed-gambling-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-blocks-four-more-unlicensed-gambling-sites","title":{"rendered":"Australia: ACMA blocks four more unlicensed gambling sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Australian authority ACMA has ordered internet service providers to block four more unlicensed gambling sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The<strong>\u00a0Australian Communications and Media Authority<\/strong>\u00a0(<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-to-block-4-unlicensed-gambling-sites\">ACMA<\/a>) has announced the suspension of\u00a0<strong>four more unlicensed gambling sites,\u00a0<\/strong>which have been added to its blacklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong>&nbsp;offshore unlicensed gambling sites&nbsp;<\/strong>listed are Always Vegas, Gibson Casino, Malibu Club, and Viggoslots Casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ACMA, the<strong>\u00a0four unlicensed gambling sites\u00a0<\/strong>violated the rules outlined in the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After\u00a0<strong>receiving complaints<\/strong>, ACMA has ordered internet service providers to block the gambling sites. It said <strong>it will continue to monitor them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, the Australian authority asked\u00a0Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs)\u00a0to block 10\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-to-block-10-unlicensed-gambling-sites\">unlicensed gaming sites.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since November 2019, ACMA has blocked 263 websites and\u00a0<strong>over 130 illegal services have been pulled out<\/strong>\u00a0of the Australian market.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian authority ACMA has ordered internet service providers to block four more unlicensed gambling sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17395,"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 directed internet service providers to block four additional unlicensed offshore gambling sites, including Always Vegas and Viggoslots Casino, for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action is part of ACMA's ongoing enforcement strategy, which has seen 263 websites blocked since November 2019, reinforcing the regulated market's integrity.","focusai_entities":"ACMA, Always Vegas, Gibson Casino, Malibu Club, Viggoslots Casino","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What is the quantifiable impact of ACMA's ongoing blocking initiatives on the gross gaming revenue (GGR) leakage to offshore unlicensed operators within the Australian market?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How might the continued enforcement of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 influence future B2B\/B2C licensing discussions or potential amendments to Australia's iGaming regulatory compliance framework?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-17378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17378","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=17378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17408,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17378\/revisions\/17408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}