{"id":777018280,"date":"2024-08-20T09:57:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T12:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018280"},"modified":"2026-04-22T06:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:58:43","slug":"new-south-wales-regulator-fines-playup-interactive-for-gambling-ad-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-south-wales-regulator-fines-playup-interactive-for-gambling-ad-violations","title":{"rendered":"New South Wales regulator fines Playup Interactive for gambling ad violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Playup Interactive has been fined AU$586,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The New South Wales regulator,\u00a0Liquor & Gaming NSW (L&GNSW), has reported that Playup Interactive has been fined AU$586,000. The regulator said the company, which trades as Draftstars, had\u00a033 advertisements on its website that breached rules by inducing people to participate in gambling activities and to open a betting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Paul Newson: \u201cNSW has lost its gambling policy and regulatory leadership mantle\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dimitri Argeres, Liquor & Gaming NSW director of compliance and enforcement, said: “NSW bans the advertisement of any offer of an inducement to participate in a gambling activity, including an inducement to bet more frequently, to persons who do not hold a betting account with the betting operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Wagering operators like PlayUp Interactive are able to legally advertise their products in a variety of ways, but they can\u2019t advertise or promote inducements such as offers of increased odds or bonus bets to entice people to open a betting account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is the responsibility of the betting service provider to ensure prohibited gambling advertising is not published or communicated in NSW. Liquor and Gaming NSW will continue to take a zero-tolerance approach to these offences, and this sentence shows that strong penalties can apply.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>New responsible gambling measures introduced in New South Wales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Playup Interactive has been fined AU$586,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777016313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Playup Interactive, operating as Draftstars, has been issued a substantial AU$586,000 fine by Liquor & Gaming NSW for 33 breaches of gambling advertising regulations. The penalty stems from advertisements deemed to induce participation in gambling activities and account opening, particularly targeting individuals without existing betting accounts. This enforcement action underscores the regulator's stringent, zero-tolerance approach to non-compliant marketing practices within the New South Wales iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Playup Interactive, Draftstars, Liquor & Gaming NSW, Dimitri Argeres","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NSW Ad Compliance","query":"What specific elements of Playup Interactive's 33 advertisements constituted \"inducements\" under NSW gambling advertising regulations, and how does this ruling refine the interpretation of \"inducing people to participate in gambling activities\"?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"Beyond the AU$586,000 fine, what are the potential long-term implications for Playup Interactive's B2C licensing status and market positioning in New South Wales, given L&GNSW's \"zero-tolerance approach\"?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[24388],"class_list":["post-777018280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-liquor-and-gaming-nsw"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018280","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=777018280"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018314,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018280\/revisions\/777018314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777016313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}