{"id":777000390,"date":"2022-11-24T12:58:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000390"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:38:49","slug":"acma-orders-blocks-on-9-illegal-offshore-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-orders-blocks-on-9-illegal-offshore-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"ACMA orders blocks on 9 illegal offshore gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ACMA found the sites to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has ordered internet service providers to block access to<strong>&nbsp;nine more offshore gaming websites<\/strong>. The<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>websites are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Winning Days<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>21Bit Casino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oshi Casino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucky Elf Casino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NeoSpin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lets Lucky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boho Casino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ripper Casino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BC.Game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The ACMA looked into 314 enquiries and complaints <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocked-96-illegal-offshore-gambling-websites-in-q3\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocked-96-illegal-offshore-gambling-websites-in-q3\" target=\"_blank\">between July and September<\/a> and completed 12 investigations into 25 gambling sites. It found 27 breaches: 21 for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service to Australian customers and six for providing an unlicensed regulated interactive gambling service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the websites blocked offered casino-style games like blackjack, roulette, poker and slots.&nbsp;A number of the sites also provided wagering services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some 642 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked since November 2019, when the regulator made its first blocking request. Over 180 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market since the regulator started enforcing offshore gambling rules in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-raps-two-media-outlets-for-broadcasting-gambling-ads\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACMA raps two media outlets for broadcasting gambling ads<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACMA found the sites to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/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 ordered internet service providers to block nine additional offshore gaming websites for breaching the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action follows 12 investigations into 25 gambling sites, identifying 27 breaches, primarily for providing prohibited interactive gambling services to Australian customers. Since November 2019, 642 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked, with over 180 illegal services withdrawing from the Australian market since 2017.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Winning Days, 21Bit Casino, Oshi Casino, Lucky Elf Casino, NeoSpin, Lets Lucky, Boho Casino, Ripper Casino, BC.Game","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), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the estimated impact of these ongoing blocking efforts on the grey market's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) in Australia, and how might this shift to the regulated sector?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"Are there any anticipated amendments or expansions to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 or ACMA's enforcement powers to address emerging challenges in offshore iGaming?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777000390","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\/777000390","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=777000390"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000432,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000390\/revisions\/777000432"}],"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=777000390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}