{"id":6123,"date":"2020-04-30T11:06:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T11:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:36:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:36:50","slug":"australia-nsw-avoid-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-nsw-avoid-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"NSW issues warning against illegal online gambling sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Office of Responsible Gambling says players should avoid illegal off-shore sites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Residents of New South Wales are being urged to avoid overseas gambling and casino sites during the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New South Wales Office of Responsible Gambling<\/em><\/strong> (ORG) has warned against players using illegal gambling sites and the potential for gambling addiction to occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, Director of ORG, Natalie Wright, said: “Overseas gambling websites are illegal in Australia, and people who use them face additional risks than when they gamble with a licensed Australian operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Some of these sites look legitimate, and they even look like they are Australian by using images such as the Australian flag and native animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“These sites are illegal under the Commonwealth Interactive Gambling Act 2001, and because they\u2019re not regulated, there are no safeguards to protect people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For people that do want to gamble online, you should only use services licensed in Australia, as there are consumer safeguards in place and responsible gambling options, such as the ability to set time and expenditure limits.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in April, Australia reported a dramatic increase in online gambling<\/a><\/strong><\/em> in the country since lockdown measures were introduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Office of Responsible Gambling says players should avoid illegal off-shore sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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 New South Wales Office of Responsible Gambling (ORG) has issued a warning to residents against using illegal offshore gambling sites, citing a lack of consumer safeguards and regulatory compliance compared to licensed Australian operators. This advisory comes amidst a reported increase in online gambling activity in Australia during the Coronavirus pandemic, highlighting the risks associated with unregulated platforms.","focusai_entities":"New South Wales Office of Responsible Gambling (ORG), Natalie Wright","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Offshore Site Enforcement","query":"What specific enforcement actions or technological measures are being considered by Australian regulators to actively block or disrupt illegal offshore gambling site access and payment processing?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensed GGR","query":"How is the prevalence of illegal offshore gambling estimated to impact the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of licensed Australian operators, particularly given the recent surge in online activity?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,161,439],"tags":[289,13820,757,4138,573],"class_list":["post-6123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-daily-news","category-legal-news","tag-australia","tag-nsw","tag-online-casino","tag-online-gambling","tag-slot-machines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6123","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6123"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009176,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6123\/revisions\/777009176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}