{"id":777016584,"date":"2024-06-20T09:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016584"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:55:30","slug":"acma-blocks-3-more-illegal-offshore-gambling-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-3-more-illegal-offshore-gambling-websites","title":{"rendered":"ACMA blocks 3 more illegal offshore gambling websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ACMA has blocked the sites for breaching the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)\u00a0has issued a request for Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to block\u00a0three more illegal offshore gambling websites. The latest additions to the list of blocked sites are A Big Candy, Jackpoty and John Vegas Casino, all of which were found to be in violation of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its initial request for website blocking,\u00a0ACMA has blocked access to 995 illegal gambling and affiliate websites. It says over 220\u00a0have pulled out from the Australian market since 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ACMA said it moves to block sites when a website offers interactive gambling services to Australian customers or promotes unlicensed regulated interactive gambling. The regulator warned that Australians who use illegal gambling services are not protected by Australian laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-8-more-offshore-gambling-websites-2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ACMA blocks 8 more offshore gambling websites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACMA has blocked the sites for breaching the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10910,"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 to block three additional offshore gambling websites\u2014A Big Candy, Jackpoty, and John Vegas Casino\u2014for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action brings the total number of blocked illegal gambling and affiliate sites to 995, with over 220 operators having exited the Australian market since 2017 due to regulatory pressure. ACMA emphasizes that Australian consumers using these unlicensed services lack legal protections.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), A Big Candy, Jackpoty, John Vegas Casino","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Blocking Criteria?","query":"What specific criteria does ACMA use to identify and prioritize offshore gambling sites for blocking, beyond the general violation of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001?"},{"label":"Blocking Effectiveness Metrics?","query":"How does ACMA measure the effectiveness of its site-blocking initiatives in terms of reducing GGR leakage to the grey market and enhancing consumer protection within the regulated Australian iGaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[24459],"class_list":["post-777016584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-australian-communications-and-media-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016584","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=777016584"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016615,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016584\/revisions\/777016615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}