{"id":777010122,"date":"2023-10-13T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010122"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:09:58","slug":"acma-warns-best-bookies-price-over-odds-comparison-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-warns-best-bookies-price-over-odds-comparison-service","title":{"rendered":"ACMA warns Best Bookies\u2019 Price over odds comparison service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Australian Communications and Media Authority says it meets the definition of a gambling service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The\u00a0ACMA\u00a0has issued a formal warning to\u00a0<strong>Best Bookies&#8217; Price Pt<\/strong> for operating an unlicensed online wagering service. It says the Best Bookies service, which facilitates a comparison of betting odds across licensed wagering operators and places bets on behalf of customers, aligns with the definition of a &#8216;gambling service&#8217; as outlined in<strong> the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA)<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Best Bookies has certain authorisations, it does not have a licence to provide interactive gambling services. Consequently, ACMA determined that the Best Bookies service was in breach of the IGA. It has now ceased providing the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its statement, the ACMA said: &#8220;The ACMA also encourages licensed wagering operators to carefully scrutinise any arrangements they have or wish to put in place to use third-party provider services to assure themselves that using those services will not compromise their ability to meet their legal obligations, including those set out in the IGA.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-player-losses-on-pokies-reach-us9-7bn-in-the-past-year\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia: player losses on pokies reach US$9.7bn in the past year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian Communications and Media Authority says it meets the definition of a gambling service.<\/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 issued a formal warning to Best Bookies' Price Pt for operating an unlicensed online wagering service, deeming its odds comparison and bet placement service a 'gambling service' under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA). Best Bookies has ceased operations, and ACMA has advised licensed operators to scrutinize third-party arrangements to ensure regulatory compliance.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Best Bookies' Price Pt, Best Bookies","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA's IGA Interpretation","query":"How might ACMA's interpretation of 'gambling service' for odds comparison and bet placement impact other affiliate models or B2B solutions currently operating in Australia?"},{"label":"Third-Party Due Diligence","query":"What enhanced due diligence protocols should licensed operators implement to mitigate regulatory exposure when integrating services from third-party providers, post-ACMA's warning?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777010122","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\/777010122","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=777010122"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041146,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010122\/revisions\/777041146"}],"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=777010122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}