{"id":6360,"date":"2020-05-11T11:33:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T11:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=6360"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:21:39","slug":"australia-online-gambling-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-online-gambling-data","title":{"rendered":"Data shows online gambling on the rise in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New data suggest that online gambling continues to rise in Australia, despite the Covid-19 pandemic impacting the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- New data suggest that online gambling continues to rise in Australia, despite the Covid-19 pandemic impacting the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analytics consulting firm <strong><em>AlphaBeta Australia<\/em><\/strong> partnered with credit bureau Illion\u00a0to track the impact of Covid-19 on the Australian economy and has found that online gambling has risen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samples based on 250,000 Australian customers, with new data from the period of April 27 to May 3 was 142 per cent higher than a normal week before the pandemic hit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The previous week&#8217;s figure was only 71 per cent higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts are linking the rise to the doubling of unemployment benefits and a youth allowance, meaning that citizens in Australia have more time and money to gamble online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, a spokesperson for the Alliance for Gambling Reform said that the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-rise-online-gambling-agr\">sharp rise in online gambling in the country &#8216;needs perspective&#8217;<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data suggest that online gambling continues to rise in Australia, despite the Covid-19 pandemic impacting the industry.<\/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":"New data from AlphaBeta Australia and Illion indicates a significant surge in Australian online gambling activity, with figures 142% higher than pre-pandemic levels in early May. This increase is attributed to enhanced unemployment benefits and youth allowance, providing citizens with more disposable income and leisure time. Industry stakeholders, including the Alliance for Gambling Reform, are calling for a nuanced perspective on these trends.","focusai_entities":"AlphaBeta Australia, Illion, Alliance for Gambling Reform","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Response Outlook","query":"What specific regulatory compliance adjustments or governance frameworks are likely to be proposed by Australian authorities in response to this sustained increase in online gambling GGR?"},{"label":"Operator Strategic Shifts","query":"How are B2C operators in Australia adapting their responsible gambling provisions and player acquisition strategies to mitigate risks associated with increased engagement from economically vulnerable demographics?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,161,158],"tags":[289,4138],"class_list":["post-6360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-daily-news","category-slider-home","tag-australia","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360","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=6360"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016659,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6360\/revisions\/777016659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}