{"id":777046679,"date":"2026-08-26T08:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046679"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T11:42:41","slug":"pointsbet-warns-gambling-reforms-could-give-offshore-operators-an-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pointsbet-warns-gambling-reforms-could-give-offshore-operators-an-advantage","title":{"rendered":"PointsBet warns gambling reforms could give offshore operators an advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PointsBet says higher costs for licensed operators could strengthen the illegal offshore market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- PointsBet has warned that Australia\u2019s new gambling advertising reforms<\/a> could unintentionally strengthen offshore operators unless the government also takes tougher action against the illegal market. Speaking at the company\u2019s annual general meeting, PointsBet Group CEO Andrew Catterall<\/strong> said the bookmaker supported \u201cpragmatic reform\u201d but warned that the new framework would make operating in the regulated market more complicated and expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catterall urged the government to give regulators enough resources and powers to tackle offshore operators as the advertising reforms move into implementation. He warned that the offshore market already accounts for around 30 per cent<\/strong> of Australia\u2019s licensed domestic wagering market and is growing faster than regulated operators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said PointsBet\u2019s taxes and product fees are equivalent to around 50 per cent of its revenue, creating a significant cost difference with operators that do not pay Australian taxes or comply with local regulations. Catterall called for faster removal of illegal gambling advertising from digital platforms, saying real-time takedowns should be a priority. He also suggested targeting payment providers and banks that allow Australians to transfer money to offshore operators and called for tougher restrictions on Australian-based influencers who receive commissions for promoting offshore gambling services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a raft of things to get at there, and we really need a concerted effort,\u201d Catterall said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> ACMA blocks two more illegal gambling sites<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PointsBet says higher costs for licensed operators could strengthen the illegal offshore market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777036353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"PointsBet warns that Australia's new gambling advertising reforms, while supported, could inadvertently strengthen the illegal offshore market due to increased operating costs for licensed entities. The company's CEO, Andrew Catterall, urged the government to provide regulators with more resources and powers to combat offshore operators, including targeting illegal advertising on digital platforms and payment facilitators.","focusai_entities":"PointsBet, PointsBet Group, Andrew Catterall","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.98), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.75), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Offshore Market Enforcement?","query":"What specific legislative or enforcement actions will the Australian government implement to address the growth of the illegal offshore wagering market, as advocated by PointsBet?"},{"label":"Impact on Operator GGR?","query":"How are the increased operating costs for licensed operators, including taxes and product fees, projected to impact their Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) in the Australian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[289,24683,24792],"class_list":["post-777046679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-australia","tag-offshore-gaming","tag-pointsbet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046679","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=777046679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046690,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046679\/revisions\/777046690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777036353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}