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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 online service providers (ISPs) block two more unlicensed online gambling sites. It says its investigations found the sites to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The sites are Casea and Crown96.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the ACMA made its first blocking request in November 2019, 1,788 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked. Over 230 illegal services have also pulled out of the Australian market since the ACMA started enforcing new illegal online gambling rules in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, ACMA announced its compliance and enforcement priorities for 2026\u201327<\/a>. It says implementation of Australia\u2019s gambling advertising reforms will be one of its main regulatory focuses over the next year. The regulator said the priorities target areas where stronger industry compliance is needed to better protect consumers, with gambling advertising singled out as one of its five key enforcement areas for the coming year. Alongside the announcement, the ACMA published its 2025\u201326 Compliance Priorities Outcomes Report, highlighting the results of its regulatory work over the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> ACMA fines Tabcorp US$1.75m over telemarketing and spam breaches<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/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":777046420,"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 two additional unlicensed online gambling sites, Casea and Crown96, for breaching the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action is part of ACMA's ongoing enforcement, which has seen 1,788 illegal sites blocked and over 230 services exit the market since 2017. The regulator also highlighted gambling advertising reforms as a key compliance priority for 2026-27, underscoring its focus on consumer protection.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority, ACMA, Casea, Crown96, Tabcorp","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Enforcement Impact","query":"What is the projected financial impact of ACMA's intensified enforcement on unlicensed operators and the broader Australian iGaming market?"},{"label":"Advertising Reform Scope","query":"How will Australia's upcoming gambling advertising reforms specifically alter marketing strategies for licensed operators and what are the key compliance challenges?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093,289,24858],"class_list":["post-777046417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma","tag-australia","tag-illegal-sites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046417","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=777046417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046422,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046417\/revisions\/777046422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777046420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}