{"id":17726,"date":"2021-05-10T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T15:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17726"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:41:20","slug":"australian-gambling-companies-against-block-on-credit-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-gambling-companies-against-block-on-credit-cards","title":{"rendered":"Australian gambling companies against block on credit cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responsible Wagering Australia claimed there was no evidence of a relationship between using credit cards for online betting and gambling problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- <strong>Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA)<\/strong>, an independent trade advocacy body for Australian\u2011licensed wagering providers has responded against a proposal to ban credit card gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The body argued that there was <strong>no evidence for a link between problem gambling<\/strong>\u00a0and the use of credit cards for online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The debate around the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/banks-australia-credit-gambling\">use of credit cards<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<strong>gamble online began back in 2019<\/strong>\u00a0when an association launched a public consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March,\u00a0<strong>Queensland MP Andrew Wallace<\/strong>\u00a0has stated Australia\u2019s four biggest banks back plans to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-banks-support-credit-card-ban-on-online-gambling\">ban credit card<\/a>\u00a0spending on online gambling. Some banks have already introduced a ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Australian bank Westpac<\/strong>\u00a0has announced the launch of an app to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-bank-launches-app-to-block-online-gambling-transactions\">block online gambling transactions.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WA Relationships Australia<\/strong>, which has recently asked\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-support-service-wants-crown-perth-opening-hours-reduced\">Crown Perth<\/a>\u00a0to include clocks and natural light to avoid gamblers losing track of time, says many <strong>clients feel they are not playing with actual money\u00a0<\/strong>when gambling with credit cards<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responsible Wagering Australia claimed there was no evidence of a relationship between using credit cards for online betting and gambling problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA) opposes a proposed ban on credit card use for online gambling in Australia, asserting a lack of empirical evidence linking credit card use to problem gambling. This stance counters growing support for such a ban from Australian banks and political figures, highlighting an ongoing regulatory debate regarding payment method restrictions within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), Andrew Wallace, Westpac, WA Relationships Australia, Crown Perth","focusai_location":"Australia, Queensland, Perth","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR","query":"What is the projected impact on GGR and NGR for Australian-licensed wagering providers if a credit card ban is fully implemented across all online gambling verticals?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might Australia's regulatory stance on credit card gambling set a precedent for other jurisdictions considering similar payment method restrictions in iGaming?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,158],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-17726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-slider-home","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726","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=17726"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17746,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17726\/revisions\/17746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}