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The Australian regulator says the sites violated the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/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 seven more unlicensed online gambling sites<\/strong> for violating the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The sites are Crown Gold, Maxispin Casino, Rain.gg, Didibet, LuckyBet, Malina Casino, Spins of Glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACMA says, 1,338 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked<\/strong> and around 220 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market since the ACMA made its first blocking request in November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, ACMA issued a series of warning letters for \u201cserious breaches\u201d<\/a> of Australian gambling law. The warnings were directed to Stellar Ltd, operator of Spinit; Just Entertainment B.V., operator of Lucky Ones7; Digibrite S.R.L., operator of The Pokies; and Hollycorn N.V., operator of Slot Lounge. In September, ACMA issued a request to block five<\/a> gambling websites. It also ordered Betfair to pay a AU$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> ACMA issues warning letters to four unlicensed gambling operators<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Australian regulator says the sites violated the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"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 intensified its enforcement against unlicensed iGaming operators, requesting ISPs to block seven additional sites under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action follows previous blocking requests and recent warning letters issued to entities like Stellar Ltd and Hollycorn N.V., alongside a significant penalty levied against Betfair for spam law violations, underscoring Australia's stringent regulatory posture.","focusai_entities":"ACMA, Crown Gold, Maxispin Casino, Rain.gg, Didibet, LuckyBet, Malina Casino, Spins of Glory, Stellar Ltd, Spinit, Just Entertainment B.V., Lucky Ones7, Digibrite S.R.L., The Pokies, Hollycorn N.V., Slot Lounge, Betfair","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.75), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Efficacy?","query":"What quantifiable impact has ACMA's ISP blocking strategy had on the gross gaming revenue (GGR) leakage to unlicensed operators within the Australian market since its inception in 2019?"},{"label":"Regulatory Harmonization Outlook?","query":"How do ACMA's enforcement tactics, particularly regarding ISP blocking and direct operator warnings, compare with regulatory compliance frameworks in other mature iGaming jurisdictions, and what implications does this have for global B2B\/B2C licensing strategies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093,289,20326],"class_list":["post-777033127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma","tag-australia","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033127","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=777033127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777033149,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033127\/revisions\/777033149"}],"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=777033127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777033127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777033127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}