{"id":777047815,"date":"2026-09-25T07:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T10:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777047815"},"modified":"2026-09-25T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:03:28","slug":"acma-illegal-gambling-sites-blocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-illegal-gambling-sites-blocked","title":{"rendered":"Australian regulator blocks five more gambling sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest action takes the number of blocked gambling and affiliate websites to 1,822.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested that online service providers (ISPs) block <strong>five more unlicensed online gambling sites<\/strong>. It says its investigations found the sites to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The sites are Bet Ninja, Riobet188, ThePokies33, Spade69 and WinShark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACMA says that since it made its first blocking request in November 2019, <strong>1,822 illegal<\/strong> gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked. <\/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\/2026\/09\/9fe7a925-087e-48b7-9686-d979a0ff7f7b-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\/acma-finds-palmerbet-breached-online-gambling-self-exclusion-rules\">ACMA finds Palmerbet breached online gambling self-exclusion rules<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest action takes the number of blocked gambling and affiliate websites to 1,822.<\/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 directed online service providers to block five additional unlicensed online gambling sites, bringing the total number of blocked illegal gambling and affiliate websites to 1,822 since November 2019. This action reinforces ACMA's ongoing enforcement of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, targeting operators breaching regulatory compliance within the Australian market.","focusai_entities":"ACMA, Bet Ninja, Riobet188, ThePokies33, Spade69, WinShark","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), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Blocking Efficacy?","query":"What is the estimated impact of ACMA's 1,822 website blocks on the GGR of the Australian grey market, and how does this compare to the growth of the regulated sector?"},{"label":"Future Regulatory Scope?","query":"Beyond website blocking, what additional enforcement mechanisms or legislative amendments is ACMA considering to further combat unlicensed iGaming operations and protect consumers?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093,289,1897,225],"class_list":["post-777047815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma","tag-australia","tag-igaming","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047815","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=777047815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777047845,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777047815\/revisions\/777047845"}],"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=777047815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777047815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777047815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}