{"id":777035687,"date":"2025-12-05T10:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T13:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777035687"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:16:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:16:23","slug":"study-finds-australian-credit-card-ban-has-little-impact-on-online-sports-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/study-finds-australian-credit-card-ban-has-little-impact-on-online-sports-betting","title":{"rendered":"Study finds Australian credit card ban has little impact on online sports betting activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Only 2 per cent of credit card accounts were used for online gambling before the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Research by the e61 Institute<\/strong> has found that Australia’s 2024 credit card ban<\/strong> on online gambling has resulted in only a small decrease in online sports betting activity. It founds that a modest decline was driven by the added hassle in choosing alternative payment options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study suggests that only 2 per cent<\/strong> of credit card accounts were used for online gambling before the June 2024<\/strong> ban as most online gamblers favoured debit or transaction accounts. Those who used credit cards generally had higher incomes and more financial resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average gambling spend among affected users dropping by around $50 per fortnight<\/strong>. The ban also led to a 15 per cent reduction<\/strong> in the likelihood of gambling, and about one-third of affected users stopped betting altogether over the six weeks<\/strong> post-implementation. The main reason cited was the added inconvenience of switching to alternative payment methods, particularly among casual users. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors concluded that the overall impact was relatively small. Over the period reviewed, the report also found no notable improvement in overall financial well-being, such as increased savings or reduced debt among those affected.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> MPs push Australian government for gambling ad ban<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Only 2 per cent of credit card accounts were used for online gambling before the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":12797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Research by the e61 Institute indicates Australia's 2024 credit card ban on online gambling has had a limited impact on overall online sports betting activity, primarily due to low pre-ban credit card usage. While a segment of affected users reduced or ceased betting due to payment inconvenience, the study found no significant improvement in their financial well-being, suggesting limited efficacy in achieving broader harm reduction objectives.","focusai_entities":"e61 Institute","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Policy Efficacy Metrics","query":"What specific metrics beyond direct gambling spend, such as problem gambling rates or mental health indicators, were considered by the e61 Institute to assess the holistic impact of the credit card ban on financial well-being?"},{"label":"Operator Payment Strategy","query":"How are Australian iGaming operators adapting their payment gateway integrations and promotional strategies to mitigate friction from the credit card ban and encourage adoption of alternative, compliant payment methods?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,24628,154,158],"tags":[289,24619,4138],"class_list":["post-777035687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-australia","tag-finance","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035687","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777035687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777035697,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777035687\/revisions\/777035697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777035687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777035687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777035687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}