{"id":21038,"date":"2021-08-04T08:45:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21038"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:57:57","slug":"australia-acma-orders-blocking-of-7-affiliate-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-orders-blocking-of-7-affiliate-sites","title":{"rendered":"Australia: ACMA orders blocking of 7 affiliate sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ACMA has told Australian internet service providers to block 7 sites that promote and drive traffic to online casino services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has told Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to\u00a0<strong>block seven affiliate advertising websites<\/strong> that bill themselves as independent reviewers of gambling services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sites to be blocked are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Aussie Casino Hex<\/li><li>Australia OK Casinos<\/li><li>Aussie Online Pokies<\/li><li>Pokies<\/li><li>Australian Casino Club<\/li><li>Australian Gambling<\/li><li>True Blue Casinos<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator said the sites provide\u00a0<strong>direct links to illegal gambling services<\/strong>, often receiving a commission for providing them with web traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fiona Cameron<\/strong>, a member of the ACMA, said: &#8220;These marketing sites can push you to illegal gambling services that do not have the protections that go with licensed and regulated services.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 in 2017,\u00a0<strong>ACMA has blocked 279 illegal gambling websites<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>while a total of 144 services left Australia. It reported a 95 per cent reduction<strong>\u00a0in the traffic to the top 10 gambling platforms<\/strong>\u00a0that were blocked up to June 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-to-block-more-offshore-gambling-platforms\">the ACMA<\/a>\u00a0ordered a block on <strong>offshore gambling websites operated by Kings Chance Service<\/strong>. According to the regulator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-to-develop-gambling-self-exclusion-register\">ACMA<\/a>\u00a0also announced it had engaged Engine Australia to develop a National Self-Exclusion Register to help people who are dealing with gambling addiction problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Players will be able to exclude from licensed online and telephone betting services\u00a0<\/strong>for three months or permanently. According to ACMA, providers will be prohibited from directly advertising and promoting to any self-excluded person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACMA has told Australian internet service providers to block 7 sites that promote and drive traffic to online casino services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21071,"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 Australian internet service providers to block seven affiliate websites promoting illegal online casino services, citing consumer protection concerns and commission-based referrals to unlicensed operators. This action aligns with ACMA's ongoing enforcement under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, which has seen numerous illegal sites blocked and a significant reduction in traffic to such platforms. Concurrently, ACMA is developing a National Self-Exclusion Register to enhance responsible gambling measures.","focusai_entities":"ACMA, Australian internet service providers, Aussie Casino Hex Australia, OK Casinos, Aussie Online Pokies, Pokies Australian Casino Club, Australian Gambling, True Blue Casinos, Kings Chance Service, Fiona Cameron, Engine Australia","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of these blocking orders on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of licensed Australian operators, given the reported 95% reduction in traffic to previously blocked sites?"},{"label":"Self-Exclusion Register Integration?","query":"How will the National Self-Exclusion Register integrate with existing operator platforms, and what are the compliance implications for B2C licensees regarding direct advertising to self-excluded individuals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-21038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21038","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=21038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21055,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21038\/revisions\/21055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}