{"id":777049659,"date":"2026-11-12T07:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777049659"},"modified":"2026-11-12T07:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:18:22","slug":"acma-illegal-gambling-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/acma-illegal-gambling-blocks","title":{"rendered":"ACMA orders blocks on three more illegal gambling sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The latest action coincides with the inaugural Illegal Gambling Awareness Week and brings the regulator\u2019s blocked websites total to 1,850.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)<\/strong> has requested that online service providers (ISPs) block three more unlicensed online gambling sites. It says its investigations found the sites to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001<\/strong>. The sites are Gday77, SpinBet, X4Bet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest blocking action comes amid the inaugural Illegal Gambling Awareness Week<\/strong>, an initiative launched by the International Association of Gambling Regulators. ACMA says that since it made its first blocking request in November 2019, 1,850 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked. It also says that over 230 illegal services have also pulled out of the Australian market since it started enforcing illegal online gambling rules in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n

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

The latest action coincides with the inaugural Illegal Gambling Awareness Week and brings the regulator\u2019s blocked websites total to 1,850.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777043470,"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 three additional unlicensed online gambling sites (Gday77, SpinBet, X4Bet) under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. This action coincides with the inaugural Illegal Gambling Awareness Week, bringing ACMA's total blocked illegal gambling and affiliate websites to 1,850 since November 2019. Over 230 illegal services have also exited the Australian market since enforcement began in 2017.","focusai_entities":"Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), International Association of Gambling Regulators, Gday77, SpinBet, X4Bet","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ACMA Blocking Impact?","query":"What is the estimated impact of ACMA's extensive blocking actions on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of licensed operators within the Australian market?"},{"label":"Illegal Site Prioritization?","query":"How does ACMA identify and prioritize illegal gambling sites for blocking, and what specific criteria are applied for the inclusion of affiliate websites in these enforcement actions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[6093,289,337],"class_list":["post-777049659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-acma","tag-australia","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777049659","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=777049659"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777049659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777049667,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777049659\/revisions\/777049667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777043470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777049659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777049659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777049659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}