{"id":777020706,"date":"2024-11-14T08:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777020706"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:13:41","slug":"tabcorp-fined-for-breaching-rules-on-in-play-betting-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tabcorp-fined-for-breaching-rules-on-in-play-betting-in-australia","title":{"rendered":"Tabcorp fined for breaching rules on in-play betting in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tabcorp has been fined for taking online in-play sports bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has fined Tabcorp<\/a> AU$262,920 (US$171,731) for offering online in-play sports betting. The regulator found that Tabcorp accepted 854 in-play bets across 69 tennis matches<\/strong> from April to October 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online in-play betting is banned in Australia under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. Tabcorp said the violations were caused by a technical glitch in its systems. But although the error was first detected in April 2023, it wasn\u2019t resolved until October 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carolyn Lidgerwood<\/strong> of ACMA said: \u201cIn-play betting increases access to gambling opportunities and exacerbates the risks of gambling harm, as people can place bets with high frequency on multiple outcomes during sporting events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been significant growth in online sports betting in recent years and it\u2019s important all online wagering services have systems in place so that illegal in-play bets are not accepted.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTabcorp is a major wagering operator and it is concerning that it took some 6 months for the system error to be identified and fixed,\u201d Lidgerwood added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tabcorp has informed the ACMA of the controls it has in place and measures it will adopt to reduce the likelihood of accepting online in-play bets. The regulator said it took into account that Tabcorp had cancelled all bets, ensuring that consumers did not incur any losses. The company had previously received a formal caution from the ACMA in November 2021 for taking in-play bets on a college basketball game in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August, Tabcorp was fined AU$4.6m (US$3.08m) for breaches of the Wagering and Betting Licence and Responsible Gambling Code of Conduct between August 2020 and February 2023. Tabcorp was found to have repeatedly sent marketing material to a customer who had requested not to receive it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company failed to adequately train its employees to minimise gambling harm and did not provide proper support to a distressed customer exhibiting signs of potential gambling harm. A Tabcorp account manager called a customer about their concerning betting patterns but ended the call by offering an AU$2000 (US$1,340) deposit match promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> VGCCC orders Tabcorp to make most betting terminals cashless<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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