{"id":31211,"date":"2022-06-28T06:33:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T09:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31211"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:22:19","slug":"acma-to-launch-new-national-gambling-self-exclusion-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-to-launch-new-national-gambling-self-exclusion-register","title":{"rendered":"ACMA to launch new national gambling self-exclusion register"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The regulator has revealed the register will cover licenced online and telephone betting services such as those that offer betting on horse racing and sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced the launch of<strong>\u00a0a new national gambling self-exclusion register<\/strong>. The register will allow people to exclude themselves from betting services from as little as three months or permanently. The ACMA included the plan in its main objectives and priorities for the rest of the year and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACMA chair <strong>Nerida O\u2019Loughlin<\/strong>\u00a0said: &#8220;The register will provide an avenue for people who want help changing their gambling habits and will complement existing consumer protection measures.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added: \u201cOnce you choose to self-exclude, it will be an offence for a licensed wagering provider to open an account for you, take a bet from you or to market gambling services to you. The ACMA will be enforcing those rules.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks ago, the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-acma-orders-block-on-illegal-gambling-website\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACMA<\/a>&nbsp;told Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block an illegal gambling site called thepokies.net. Around 30,000 Australians visited the site each month and made payments are estimated to run into tens of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ACMA says&nbsp;<strong>over 160 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market&nbsp;<\/strong>since it started enforcing illegal offshore gambling rules in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regulator has revealed the register will cover licenced online and telephone betting services such as those that offer betting on horse racing and sports.<\/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 launched a national self-exclusion register for licensed online and telephone betting services, enabling individuals to opt-out for periods ranging from three months to permanently. This initiative, a key ACMA priority, mandates that licensed wagering providers must not engage with self-excluded individuals, with ACMA enforcing these new consumer protection measures. The announcement follows ACMA's recent actions against illegal offshore gambling sites, underscoring its commitment to market integrity and responsible gambling frameworks.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Nerida O\u2019Loughlin, thepokies.net","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operator Integration Challenges","query":"What are the anticipated technical and operational challenges for licensed wagering providers in integrating their existing systems with the ACMA's national self-exclusion register, particularly concerning real-time data synchronization and legacy platform compatibility?"},{"label":"Enforcement & Penalties","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and penalty structures will the ACMA implement to ensure compliance with the self-exclusion register, and how will these compare to existing regulatory sanctions for non-compliance in the Australian iGaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-31211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31211","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=31211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31221,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31211\/revisions\/31221"}],"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=31211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}