Australia: 17,423 register with BetStop in first six months<\/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 Australian ISPs to block eight additional websites for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, bringing the total blocked illegal gambling and affiliate sites to 945 since November 2019. This action underscores ACMA's ongoing enforcement efforts, which have led to over 221 illegal services withdrawing from the Australian market, emphasizing the regulator's commitment to consumer protection and market integrity.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Lucky7even, 50 Crowns, Rockwin, Bitdreams, Mr Pacho, Casino Infinity, Zota Bet, Spicyjackpots, BetStop","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific metrics beyond website blocking and service withdrawals does ACMA utilize to assess the efficacy of its Interactive Gambling Act 2001 enforcement strategy?"},{"label":"Impact on Licensed Operators?","query":"How do these sustained enforcement actions against illegal offshore operators quantitatively impact the market share, player acquisition costs, and overall GGR\/NGR for licensed iGaming operators in Australia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439,158],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777014122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-acma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014122","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=777014122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777014143,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777014122\/revisions\/777014143"}],"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=777014122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777014122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777014122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}