{"id":777042270,"date":"2026-05-15T13:09:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777042270"},"modified":"2026-05-15T13:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T16:09:55","slug":"australia-confirms-funding-total-for-online-gambling-harm-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-confirms-funding-total-for-online-gambling-harm-prevention","title":{"rendered":"Australia confirms funding total for online gambling harm prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The funding will support financial counselling, self-exclusion tools, advertising enforcement and national awareness campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Australian federal government has confirmed that AU$112.7m (US$73.3m) in funding will be allocated over five years for initiatives to reduce gambling harm. Starting in the current year, the funds will go towards self-exclusion tools, financial counselling services, advertising enforcement and public awareness campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme will be supported by several government agencies, including the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), the Department of Social Services, and the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts. Part of the funding will come from an increase in the levy paid by licensed wagering operators that use BetStop, Australia\u2019s national self-exclusion system for online and phone betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BetStop is set to receive AU$28.7m (US$18.7m) over four years, with an additional AU$3.2m (US$2.1m) annually after that period. The government said the funding will be used to improve public awareness, upgrade data-matching systems and enhance the platform\u2019s usability and safety features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government will also invest AU$39m (US$25.4m) over four years into financial counselling services for people and families affected by gambling-related harm. A further AU$22.4m (US$14.6m) will fund a national public awareness campaign. Meanwhile, AU$22.6m (US$14.7m) will go towards enforcing gambling advertising reforms, targeting illegal offshore gambling operators and strengthening consumer protection measures related to online lottery products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move follows <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-to-ban-gambling-ads-during-live-daytime-sport\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-to-ban-gambling-ads-during-live-daytime-sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gambling reform measures introduced by the Australian government last month<\/a>. Starting in January 2027, gambling advertisements will be banned during live sports broadcasts on television, while radio advertising restrictions will also be introduced during key family listening hours.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/Australia-02-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/free-tv-warns-gambling-ad-reforms-threaten-the-future-of-free-to-air-television-in-australia'>Free TV warns gambling ad reforms threaten the future of free-to-air television in Australia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funding will support financial counselling, self-exclusion tools, advertising enforcement and national awareness campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777028008,"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 federal government has committed AU$112.7m over five years to mitigate gambling harm, funding initiatives such as financial counselling, self-exclusion tools like BetStop, advertising enforcement, and national awareness campaigns. This program, supported by multiple government agencies, will be partially financed by an increased levy on licensed wagering operators utilizing BetStop. The move reinforces Australia's stringent regulatory stance, following recent reforms including future advertising bans during live sports broadcasts.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Department of Social Services, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts, 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 (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operator Levy Impact","query":"What is the projected financial impact of the increased BetStop levy on the gross gaming revenue (GGR) and net gaming revenue (NGR) of licensed wagering operators in Australia over the next five years?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Scope","query":"How will the AU$22.6m allocation for advertising enforcement specifically enhance the Australian Communications and Media Authority's (ACMA) capabilities in targeting illegal offshore gambling operators and ensuring compliance with new advertising restrictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[289,25135,4138],"class_list":["post-777042270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-australia","tag-gambling-harm-awareness","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042270","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777042270"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777042278,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777042270\/revisions\/777042278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777042270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777042270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777042270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}