{"id":25512,"date":"2021-12-14T07:25:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25512"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:58:30","slug":"australia-acma-orders-blocking-of-14-offshore-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-orders-blocking-of-14-offshore-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"Australia: ACMA orders blocking of 14 offshore gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ACMA has requested Australian internet service providers block 14 more sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has told Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to\u00a0<strong>block 14\u00a0<\/strong>more offshore gambling websites. According to the ACMA, the websites were operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sites to be blocked are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Golden Lady Casino<\/li><li>Casino4u<\/li><li>Spin Samurai<\/li><li>Axe Casino<\/li><li>Lucky Dreams<\/li><li>Comet Room<\/li><li>Paradiso Room<\/li><li>No Deposit Friend<\/li><li>No Deposit Bonus Blog<\/li><li>Casino-On-Line<\/li><li>Online Casino Australian<\/li><li>Casino Shortlist<\/li><li>Australia Casino<\/li><li>Aus Casinos<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the ACMA made its first blocking request in November 2019, 375 illegal gambling websites have been blocked. In November, the regulator requested local internet services providers\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-blocks-two-offshore-lottery-sites\">block two illegal offshore lottery websites<\/a>. The two sites were the first lottery sites blocked in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to<strong>&nbsp;Fiona Cameron,&nbsp;<\/strong>a member of ACMA, investigations revealed the websites offered tickets for major overseas online lotteries and were not licenced in Australia, which is prohibited under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The two sites are We Love Lotto and Red Fox Lotto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2017, the ACMA pulled out of the Australian market over 150 illegal services. In October,\u00a0it added <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-blocks-5-offshore-gambling-sites\">five offshore gaming websites<\/a> to its list of blocked sites: Spin Bit, Fight Club, Kim Vegas, Queenspins and Yoju Casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACMA has requested Australian internet service providers block 14 more sites.<\/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":"The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has directed Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block 14 additional offshore gambling websites, citing breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action brings the total number of blocked illegal gambling sites to 375 since November 2019, reinforcing Australia's stringent regulatory stance against unlicensed operators. The blocked sites include various casino and lottery platforms, underscoring ACMA's ongoing efforts to maintain market integrity.","focusai_entities":"ACMA, Golden Lady Casino, Casino4u, Spin Samurai, Axe Casino, Lucky Dreams, Comet Room, Paradiso Room, No Deposit Friend, No Deposit Bonus Blog, Casino-On-Line, Online Casino Australian Casino Shortlist, Australia Casino, Aus Casinos, We Love Lotto, Red Fox Lotto, Spin Bit, Fight Club, Kim Vegas, Queenspins, Yoju Casino, Fiona Cameron","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 (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA's Long-Term Strategy?","query":"What is the ACMA's long-term strategy for combating offshore operators beyond ISP blocking, considering the persistent emergence of new illegal sites?"},{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the estimated impact of these blocking actions on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of licensed Australian operators, and how is this measured?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[6093,229,23911],"class_list":["post-25512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-acma","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25512","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=25512"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25521,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25512\/revisions\/25521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}