{"id":777031797,"date":"2025-09-17T09:01:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031797"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:05:44","slug":"acma-blocks-more-illegal-gambling-sites-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-blocks-more-illegal-gambling-sites-2","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 online service providers (ISPs) block five more unlicensed online gambling sites for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The sites are Slot Lounge, Betzillo, FastSpin99, Spinit and PokiesPros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACMA says that since it made its first blocking request in November 2019, 1,322\u00a0illegal 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

In August, ACMA issued a request to block\u00a0four gambling websites. It also ordered\u00a0Betfair\u00a0to pay a\u00a0AU$871,660 (US$567,082)<\/a> penalty after breaching spam laws in commercial messages sent to VIP customers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Australian government reportedly starts to move on gambling ad reform<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian regulator says it has requested blocks against five unlicensed sites.<\/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 requested ISPs block five additional unlicensed online gambling sites, bringing the total blocked since 2019 to 1,322. This action reinforces ACMA's ongoing enforcement of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, which has also led to approximately 220 illegal services exiting the Australian market since 2017. Separately, Betfair was penalized AU$871,660 for spam law breaches.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Slot Lounge, Betzillo, FastSpin99, Spinit, PokiesPros, Betfair","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), marketing_crm (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Australia","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact of ACMA's sustained blocking efforts on the regulated Australian iGaming market, and how does this influence licensed operators' market share and NGR projections?"},{"label":"Global Regulatory Alignment","query":"How do ACMA's blocking requests and enforcement strategies for the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 compare with regulatory compliance frameworks in other mature iGaming jurisdictions regarding cross-border operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,154],"tags":[289],"class_list":["post-777031797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031797","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=777031797"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031810,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031797\/revisions\/777031810"}],"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=777031797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}