{"id":777005310,"date":"2023-05-17T13:21:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T16:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005310"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:54:13","slug":"acma-blocks-3-offshore-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-3-offshore-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"ACMA blocks 3 offshore gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ACMA found the sites to be operating in breach of Australia&#8217;s 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;three more offshore gaming websites<\/strong>. The<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>websites are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vave<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highway Casino<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Casinos Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently,<strong> 747 illegal gambling and affiliate websites are blocked in Australia<\/strong>. The ACMA made its first blocking request in November 2019. Since the ACMA started enforcing new illegal offshore gambling rules in 2017, over 200 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to website blocking, the ACMA also works to educate consumers about the risks of illegal online gambling. It warns that illegal gambling websites are not regulated and may not offer customer protections, putting customers&#8217; money at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/entain-fined-au13k-for-accepting-in-play-bets-online\" target=\"_blank\">The regulator recently fined Entain<\/a>&nbsp;AU$13,320 for accepting illegal in-play bets during the LIV golf tournament in Bangkok in October 2022.&nbsp;ACMA found that two of Entain\u2019s subsidiaries, Ladbrokes and Neds, had accepted 78 bets on the final day of the tournament in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ACMA found the sites to be operating in breach of Australia&#8217;s 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 ISPs to block three additional offshore gaming websites, bringing the total to 747 blocked illegal gambling and affiliate sites since 2019. Concurrently, ACMA fined Entain AU$13,320 for accepting illegal in-play bets via its Ladbrokes and Neds subsidiaries, violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. These actions underscore Australia's stringent regulatory enforcement against unlicensed iGaming operations and prohibited betting practices.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Vave, Highway Casino, Online Casinos Australia, Entain, Ladbrokes, Neds","focusai_location":"Australia, Bangkok","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 (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What is the ACMA's long-term strategy for enhancing the efficacy of its website blocking orders and reducing the prevalence of illegal offshore iGaming services in Australia?"},{"label":"Operator Compliance Impact","query":"How will the ACMA's continued enforcement actions, particularly regarding in-play betting, influence the compliance strategies and operational risk assessments of licensed B2C operators in the Australian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777005310","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\/777005310","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=777005310"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005352,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005310\/revisions\/777005352"}],"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=777005310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}