{"id":777008800,"date":"2023-08-30T06:40:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008800"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:33:48","slug":"vgccc-tells-betting-providers-to-end-club-sponsorship-inducement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vgccc-tells-betting-providers-to-end-club-sponsorship-inducement","title":{"rendered":"VGCCC tells betting providers to end club sponsorship inducement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The VGCCC demands wagering providers halt inducing club sponsorships, citing legal concerns and social responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VGCCC) has told operators to stop sponsorship agreements that incentivise new account sign-ups from members of sports clubs. The regulator said such inducements, often tied to financial rewards, might violate legislation and contradict providers’ commitment to reducing harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It highlighted Section 4.7.10 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003, which prohibits wagering service providers from offering rewards, benefits, or credit to encourage account sign-ups or referrals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VGCCC said: “Sporting clubs need to be mindful of community expectations around incentivising members, and potentially junior members, to gamble.\u00a0We encourage sporting clubs to refrain from entering into such sponsorship deals which may harm members and may constitute illegal behaviour by the wagering provider.”\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the VGCCC decided to\u00a0ban betting on all under-19 sports competitions<\/a>\u00a0and on the performance of individual players who are under 18 in any event. The ban includes offering bets on outcomes such as \u2018first goal of the game\u2019, \u2018most disposals\u2019 or \u2018first player to take a wicket\u2019 in senior sports when individual players are minors. Bets can still be made on team outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong>\u00a0VGCCC fines ALH US$352,000 for non-compliance with YourPlay<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The VGCCC demands wagering providers halt inducing club sponsorships, citing legal concerns and social responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":35571,"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 Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VGCCC) has directed wagering operators to cease sponsorship agreements that incentivize new account sign-ups from sports club members, citing potential breaches of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 and a commitment to harm reduction. This regulatory action underscores an intensified focus on responsible gambling practices and the protection of vulnerable individuals, including minors, within the sports betting ecosystem. The directive follows a recent ban on betting on under-19 sports competitions and individual minors' performance.","focusai_entities":"Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, VGCCC, ALH","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Victorian-licensed wagering operators from the cessation of incentivized club sponsorships, and how might this influence their B2C customer acquisition cost (CAC) metrics?"},{"label":"Compliance Framework Evolution","query":"How will the VGCCC's expanded interpretation of 'inducement' under Section 4.7.10 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 necessitate a re-evaluation of existing marketing and partnership governance frameworks for operators in other Australian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[24361],"class_list":["post-777008800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-vgccc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008800","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=777008800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008823,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008800\/revisions\/777008823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}