ACMA releases April \u2013 June report on interactive gambling actions<\/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 ordered internet service providers to block four additional offshore gaming websites, including Casino Australia Online and Pokies.bet, for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action contributes to the 1,026 gambling and affiliate websites blocked by ACMA since November 2019, underscoring the regulator's sustained efforts in market integrity.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Casino Australia Online, Pokies.bet, Pokiesman, Smart Pokies","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), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What is the quantifiable impact of ACMA's sustained website blocking on the GGR of the Australian grey market, and how does this enforcement model compare to other mature iGaming jurisdictions?"},{"label":"Future Regulatory Scope?","query":"Given the ongoing blocking actions, what are the anticipated next steps for ACMA regarding enhanced enforcement mechanisms or potential amendments to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to further deter offshore operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093],"class_list":["post-777018390","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\/777018390","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=777018390"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018422,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018390\/revisions\/777018422"}],"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=777018390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}