ACMA fines Seven for breaching online gambling ad rules<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Australian regulator has blocked the websites under 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 internet service providers (ISPs) to block 11 additional offshore gambling websites, bringing the total number of blocked illegal sites to 893 under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This ongoing enforcement action aims to protect Australian consumers and uphold market integrity by targeting unlicensed operators and affiliate services. ACMA warns that users of illegal services lack legal protection under Australian law.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Greenspin, Slotman, Jeetcity, Betibet, Candyland Casino, New Vegas, Thunderpick, Golden Lion, Digits 7, Sector 777, PayID Pokies","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.95), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What quantifiable impact has ACMA's cumulative blocking of 893 illegal gambling and affiliate websites had on the gross gaming revenue (GGR) of licensed operators in Australia, and what metrics are used to assess the long-term efficacy of these enforcement actions?"},{"label":"Future Regulatory Tools?","query":"Beyond website blocking, what additional regulatory tools or legislative amendments is ACMA considering to further deter offshore unlicensed operators and enhance the integrity of Australia's interactive gambling market, particularly concerning payment processing and advertising channels?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777011936","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\/777011936","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=777011936"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777011949,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011936\/revisions\/777011949"}],"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=777011936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}