{"id":777029148,"date":"2025-07-17T07:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029148"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:55:15","slug":"acma-blocks-more-illegal-gambling-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-more-illegal-gambling-sites","title":{"rendered":"ACMA blocks more illegal gambling sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Australian regulator says it has requested blocks against five unlicensed sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested that Australian online service providers (ISPs) block five more unlicensed online gambling sites for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The sites are Best Aussie Pokies, winspirit.online, win-spirit.online, winspirit.team, winspirit1.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACMA reported that since it made its first blocking request in November 2019, 1,279 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked. Around 220 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market since the ACMA started enforcing new illegal online gambling rules in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Australian regulator reminded consumers that even if a service looks legitimate, it\u2019s unlikely to have important customer protections. Customers can check if a wagering service is licensed to operate in Australia on its register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACMA recently issued a request to block seven gambling websites<\/a> for violations of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. It also warned four licensed betting operators<\/a>, Buddybet, Ultrabet, VicBet, and Topbet, for breaching rules by sending marketing material to people who registered with BetStop, the National Self-Exclusion Register (NSER).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> ACMA shares BetStop statistics for Q4<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian regulator says it has requested blocks against five unlicensed sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777029151,"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, requesting ISPs to block five additional unlicensed online gambling sites under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, bringing the total blocked to 1,279 since 2019. Concurrently, ACMA issued warnings to four licensed betting operators\u2014Buddybet, Ultrabet, VicBet, and Topbet\u2014for breaching marketing rules by targeting individuals registered with the National Self-Exclusion Register (BetStop).","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Best Aussie Pokies, winspirit.online, win-spirit.online, winspirit.team, winspirit1.com, Buddybet, Ultrabet, VicBet, Topbet, BetStop","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What specific metrics beyond site blocking and service withdrawals does ACMA utilize to assess the overall efficacy of its Interactive Gambling Act 2001 enforcement strategy in mitigating GGR leakage to the black market?"},{"label":"BetStop Compliance Gaps?","query":"Given the warnings to licensed operators, what systemic or operational gaps in BetStop integration or marketing segmentation are being identified, and what further regulatory guidance or technical standards are anticipated to enhance NSER compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093,289,20326,337],"class_list":["post-777029148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma","tag-australia","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029148","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029206,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029148\/revisions\/777029206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}