{"id":777019931,"date":"2024-10-17T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777019931"},"modified":"2026-04-22T05:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:05:24","slug":"acma-blocks-2-more-offshore-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-2-more-offshore-websites","title":{"rendered":"ACMA blocks 2 more offshore websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian regulator has blocked the sites for breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.-\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)\u00a0<\/strong>has issued a request for Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to\u00a0block two more gambling websites<\/strong> for violations of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.\u00a0The sites are\u00a0Lucky Block<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Rooli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACMA blocks sites that offer unlicensed interactive gambling services<\/strong> or publish advertisements for prohibited services. Since its first request in November 2019, it has blocked 1,059 sites. The regulator says over 220 illegal services have been withdrawn from the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It reminded consumers that even if a service looks legitimate, it\u2019s unlikely to have customer protections. People can check if a wagering service is licensed to operate in Australia on ACMA’s register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BetStop registrations reach 30,493<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some 30,493 Australians have decided to self-exclude from all licensed online and phone wagering services since\u00a0BetStop<\/strong> was\u00a0launched last August<\/a>. As of September 30, 23,182 people had active exclusions while 7,311 people had completed their self-exclusion or cancelled their exclusion early.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New South Wales<\/strong> tops the list of jurisdictions with the most registrants at 9,537 followed by Victoria <\/strong>with 8,193 and Queensland <\/strong>with 6,140. Northern Territory<\/strong> is the jurisdiction with least registrants at 496.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> New gambling measures in New South Wales see 93% compliance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to ACMA, 49 per cent of registrants were under the age of 30, 30 per cent were 31 to 40 and 12 per cent were 41 to 50. Some 39 per cent decided to self-exclude for life while an equal percentage chose to self-exclude from three months to two years.<\/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 sites for breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777028002,"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 blocked two additional unlicensed iGaming sites, Lucky Block and Rooli, under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, bringing the total blocked to 1,059 since 2019. Concurrently, the national self-exclusion register, BetStop, has recorded 30,493 registrations since its August launch, underscoring ongoing efforts in regulatory compliance and responsible gambling within the Australian market.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Lucky Block, Rooli, BetStop","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.75), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What is the ACMA's projected timeline and strategy for achieving a significant reduction in the prevalence of unlicensed iGaming services operating within the Australian jurisdiction, beyond site blocking?"},{"label":"BetStop Impact Analysis?","query":"How will the ACMA and licensed operators leverage the BetStop registration data, particularly the demographic and exclusion duration trends, to refine responsible gambling frameworks and enhance consumer protection measures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439],"tags":[24459,23911],"class_list":["post-777019931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","tag-australian-communications-and-media-authority","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019931","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=777019931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777019965,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777019931\/revisions\/777019965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777019931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777019931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777019931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}