{"id":777019165,"date":"2024-09-19T09:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019165"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:57:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:57:28","slug":"illegal-gambling-in-australia-acma-blocks-another-offshore-gambling-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-gambling-in-australia-acma-blocks-another-offshore-gambling-website","title":{"rendered":"Illegal gambling in Australia: ACMA blocks another offshore gambling website"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian regulator has blocked the website Casino Bello under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The\u00a0Australian Communications and Media Authority\u00a0(ACMA)\u00a0has ordered internet service providers to block access to another offshore gaming website. Casino Bello was found to be in violation of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACMA blocks sites that offer\u00a0unlicensed interactive gambling services\u00a0or publish advertisements for prohibited services. Since its first request in November 2019, it has\u00a0blocked 1,033 sites. The regulator says over 220 illegal services have been withdrawn from the market since it started enforcing new illegal offshore gambling rules in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, the regulator issued a warning to the streaming service 10 Play<\/a>, provided by Network Ten Pty,\u00a0for showing gambling ads outside of the permitted hours. The ACMA found the company had contravened rules by showing gambling ads during the October 14, 2023, A-League Women\u2019s Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets match and a Socceroos friendly match against England. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambling ads are not allowed to be streamed during live sports events between 5am and 8.30pm or in the five minutes before and after the event. An investigation found that gambling promotions were streamed early in the morning of October 14, while the Women\u2019s A-League match was live-streamed that afternoon when restrictions applied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 28,000 Australians register for BetStop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ACMA has reported\u00a0that more than 28,000 Australians have decided to self-exclude from all licensed online and phone wagering services since\u00a0BetStop\u00a0was\u00a0launched last August<\/a>. Around 40 per cent have decided to self-exclude for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACMA chair\u00a0Nerida O\u2019Loughlin\u00a0said: \u201cOnline gambling can cause a great deal of harm to individuals, their families and friends, so it\u2019s encouraging that so many people have decided to take the step and register to self-exclude.\u00a0Younger Australians in particular are making early decisions about the role that online gambling will play in their lives.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The register allows people to self-exclude for a minimum of three months up to a lifetime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian regulator has blocked the website Casino Bello under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777028009,"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 intensified its regulatory enforcement, blocking offshore operator Casino Bello under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 and issuing a warning to Network Ten Pty's 10 Play for gambling advertising breaches during live sports. Concurrently, the national self-exclusion register, BetStop, has seen over 28,000 registrations, underscoring a significant uptake in responsible gambling initiatives.","focusai_entities":"Casino Bello, Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, 10 Play, Network Ten Pty, A-League Women\u2019s Central Coast Mariners, Newcastle Jets, Socceroos, England, Nerida O\u2019Loughlin","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.85), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Licensed GGR?","query":"What is the estimated impact of ACMA's continued blocking efforts on the market share of licensed operators versus the remaining offshore grey market, and how does this translate to Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) projections?"},{"label":"Advertising Compliance Evolution?","query":"How will the ACMA's stringent enforcement of advertising regulations, particularly concerning live sports, influence media rights valuations, operator marketing spend, and the evolution of advertising compliance frameworks in Australia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[24459],"class_list":["post-777019165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-australian-communications-and-media-authority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019165","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=777019165"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019193,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019165\/revisions\/777019193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}