{"id":777007922,"date":"2023-08-04T10:27:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777007922"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:20:56","slug":"acma-asks-curacao-to-take-action-against-online-casinos-targeting-australian-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-asks-curacao-to-take-action-against-online-casinos-targeting-australian-players","title":{"rendered":"ACMA asks Cura\u00e7ao to take action against online casinos targeting Australian players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has complained about 90 websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Australian Communication & Media Authority (ACMA)<\/strong> has appealed to the Cura\u00e7ao government for assistance in tackling offshore gambling operators targeting the Australian market. The regulator has written to and met with government officials from Cura\u00e7ao<\/strong> with complaints about 90 online casinos<\/strong> licensed in the Dutch Caribbean territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The regulator said some operators deliberately use iconic animals or Australian slang<\/strong> in their business names or promotional materials to attract local customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late May, ACMA wrote to Cura\u00e7ao\u2019s Finance Minister, Javier Silvania<\/a>. The letter addressed Cura\u00e7ao \u201cmaster\u201d licence holders found to breach Australian laws by providing or advertising prohibited interactive gambling services to Australian customers. It outlined a list of sites that have engaged in the promotion or provision of igaming products in Australia, many of whom have evaded fines.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACMA acknowledged the challenges it faced in enforcing penalties due to the global nature of online gambling and expressed a desire to establish regulatory collaboration with overseas gambling regulators, including the Cura\u00e7ao Gaming Authority (CGA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A meeting between ACMA and some Cura\u00e7ao officials took place at the beginning of June to address the complaints made in the May letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under new rules in Cura\u00e7ao, the existing holders of sub-licences will be required to apply for a regular operating permit in order to be allowed to continue to provide their services. The meeting notes state that the representatives of Cura\u00e7ao\u2019s gambling authority confirmed that they would take into account the alleged contraventions in jurisdictions including Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The officials of the Cura\u00e7ao Government told the ACMA representatives that the list of the contravening digital gambling companies will be forwarded to the relevant master licence holder. However, no significant operational impact on online gambling companies\u2019 businesses is expected in the short or medium term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>ACMA blocks 5 offshore gambling websites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has complained about 90 websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"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 Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has engaged with the Cura\u00e7ao government regarding 90 offshore iGaming operators licensed in Cura\u00e7ao that are targeting the Australian market in breach of local laws. ACMA seeks regulatory collaboration to address enforcement challenges, with Cura\u00e7ao officials confirming they will consider alleged contraventions in their new licensing framework. However, no significant short-to-medium term operational impact on these operators is anticipated.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Cura\u00e7ao Gaming Authority (CGA), Javier Silvania","focusai_location":"Australia, Cura\u00e7ao","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cura\u00e7ao Licensing Impact","query":"What specific changes in Cura\u00e7ao's new licensing framework will enable more effective enforcement against operators targeting prohibited jurisdictions like Australia?"},{"label":"Cross-Jurisdictional Enforcement","query":"Beyond forwarding lists, what concrete mechanisms for cross-jurisdictional enforcement and data sharing are being established between ACMA and Cura\u00e7ao authorities to address non-compliant operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777007922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007922","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777007922"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007933,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777007922\/revisions\/777007933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777007922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777007922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777007922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}