{"id":777018067,"date":"2024-08-12T08:33:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018067"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:16:51","slug":"acma-releases-april-june-report-on-interactive-gambling-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-releases-april-june-report-on-interactive-gambling-actions","title":{"rendered":"ACMA releases April \u2013 June report on interactive gambling actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The regulator carried out 14 investigations, issued 15 formal warnings and blocked 50 websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)\u00a0has released a report on its actions concerning interactive gambling in the April to June 2024 period. The regulator conducted 514 inquiries, upholding 463.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ACMA also completed 14 investigations into 15 gambling sites and found 17 breaches, 12 for providing a prohibited\u00a0interactive gambling\u00a0service to Australian customers, 4 for providing an unlicensed regulated\u00a0interactive gambling\u00a0service and one for advertising a prohibited and\/or unlicensed regulated\u00a0interactive gambling\u00a0service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator reported 359 URLs to accredited family-friendly filter providers. It also blocked 50 websites. Most offered casino-style games such as blackjack, roulette, poker, and slots. Some also provided betting services without an Australian licence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 22, the ACMA started a campaign to inform consumers about the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-online-gambling-credit-card-ban-enters-force\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban on using credit cards and digital currency<\/a> for deposits to licensed wagering operators, which became effective on June 11. The campaign ran until June 30 and provided links to information about the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-27424-register-for-betstop-in-first-year\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia: 27,424 register for BetStop in first year<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regulator carried out 14 investigations, issued 15 formal warnings and blocked 50 websites.<\/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 detailed its Q2 2024 enforcement actions, including 14 investigations, 15 formal warnings, and blocking 50 websites for providing prohibited or unlicensed interactive gambling services. Concurrently, ACMA launched a consumer awareness campaign regarding the ban on credit card and digital currency deposits for licensed wagering operators, effective June 11.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.98), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.85), marketing_crm (0.88), payments_fraud_aml (0.97), investor_analyst (0.93), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed GGR?","query":"What is the projected impact of the credit card and digital currency deposit ban on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) of licensed Australian wagering operators in H2 2024?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"How effective are ACMA's current enforcement strategies, including website blocking and URL reporting, in significantly curtailing the market penetration of unlicensed interactive gambling services in Australia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777018067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-acma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018067","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=777018067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018074,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018067\/revisions\/777018074"}],"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=777018067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}