ACMA has blocked the sites for breaching the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)<\/strong> has issued a request for Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block five more gambling websites. It found them to be violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The latest additions to the regulator’s list of blocked websites are: Reef Reels, Royal Reels, Ricky Casino, Slots Gallery, and Slotastic<\/strong>. Website blocking is one of the key enforcement measures deployed by the ACMA to try to curb illegal online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It made its first blocking request in November 2019 and has since blocked 803 illegal gambling and affiliate websites<\/strong>. ACMA recently\u00a0took action against a CS:GO skins site<\/a> for\u00a0targeting young players. It also fined Entain<\/a>\u00a0AU$13,320 for accepting illegal in-play bets during the LIV golf tournament in Bangkok in October 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ACMA has blocked the sites for breaching 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 directed Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block five additional illegal online gambling websites, including Reef Reels and Royal Reels, for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action is part of ACMA's ongoing enforcement strategy, which has now resulted in 803 illegal gambling and affiliate sites being blocked since 2019. The regulator's consistent efforts underscore its commitment to maintaining market integrity and regulatory compliance within the Australian iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Reef Reels, Royal Reels, Ricky Casino, Slots Gallery, Slotastic, Entain","focusai_location":"Australia, Bangkok","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95), gambler_consumer (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific metrics does ACMA utilize to assess the efficacy of its website blocking strategy in reducing the prevalence of illegal online gambling and redirecting player activity towards licensed operators?"},{"label":"Impact on Market Share?","query":"How do these ongoing enforcement actions against illegal operators, including the blocking of 803 sites, quantitatively impact the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and market share of licensed iGaming operators in the Australian jurisdiction?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777007684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-acma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007684","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=777007684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007715,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007684\/revisions\/777007715"}],"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=777007684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}