{"id":35126,"date":"2022-11-04T13:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=35126"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:16:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:16:01","slug":"ilga-accuses-rob-waterhouse-of-encouraging-customer-to-continue-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ilga-accuses-rob-waterhouse-of-encouraging-customer-to-continue-betting","title":{"rendered":"ILGA accuses Rob Waterhouse of encouraging customer to continue betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ILGA is taking legal action against the Australian bookmaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>The <strong>New South Wales Independent Liquor &amp; Gaming&nbsp;Authority <\/strong>(ILGA) is taking legal action against <strong>Rob Waterhouse<\/strong>, one of Australia&#8217;s best-known bookmakers. It alleges that the operator <strong>encouraged a customer to continue betting&nbsp;<\/strong>after he requested his account be closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bookmaker faces 11 charges relating to one customer. Five relate to allegations that it provided incentives to encourage the customer not to close their account after they made a closure request. The remaining six relate to allegations that it accepted bets after the request.&nbsp;If convicted, Waterhouse could face  up to $121,000 in fines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSW Gaming and Horse Racing Act 1998&nbsp;prohibits the provision of inducements to individuals to engage in gambling activities. Waterhouse will appear at Downing Centre Local Court on December 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last December,&nbsp;<strong>Waterhouse&nbsp;<\/strong>was&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/liquor-and-gaming-nsw-fines-rob-waterhouse-over-illegal-gambling-ads\" target=\"_blank\">fined AU$4,500 for<\/a>&nbsp;publishing gambling advertisements&nbsp;containing prohibitive incentives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ILGA is taking legal action against the Australian bookmaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12856,"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 New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority (ILGA) is initiating legal proceedings against Australian bookmaker Rob Waterhouse. The allegations include encouraging a customer to continue betting after a closure request and accepting subsequent wagers, potentially leading to significant fines. This action underscores the regulator's focus on responsible gambling compliance and the prohibition of inducements.","focusai_entities":"New South Wales Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority, ILGA, Rob Waterhouse","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Downing Centre Local Court","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Precedent Impact","query":"What broader implications does ILGA's legal action against Rob Waterhouse have for responsible gambling compliance standards and enforcement priorities across the Australian iGaming market?"},{"label":"Operational Risk Assessment","query":"How might this case influence other licensed operators to reassess their account closure protocols, inducement policies, and overall responsible gambling frameworks to mitigate similar regulatory exposure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[23911,23935],"class_list":["post-35126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35126","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=35126"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35139,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35126\/revisions\/35139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}