Efforts to ban pokies and other gambling devices from public spaces in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have picked up steam with addition of a major, new supporter. The Northern Beaches Council, recently passed a measure that will greatly reduce the pokie profile in Sydney and is pressuring the Government of NSW…
Australian advertising regulators are banning gambling advertisements from streamed sporting events during certain times of day. The ban is the latest move from the Aussie government to tackle what it sees as a gaming industry that's completely out of control and enticing minors into a life of gambling and despair. Under the new regulations, which…
Australian gaming operator CrownBet is merging with William Hill Australia to create a new entity known as BetEasy. It's a move that's rattling the Australian gaming market, but makes sense when viewed through the lens of an Aussie gambling industry that's under heavy regulatory fire from both activists and government. When up and running, the…
A group of Australian local councils has upped the ante in the battle to lower the maximum bets on the slots machines known as pokies. Earlier this week, a group of 18 local councils from the State of Victoria banded together to announce their support of both stakes and the anti-gambling group behind the effort…
The Australian government's efforts to clean up the Aussie facing gambling industry entered a new phase this week as media regulators cracked down on gaming operators who hide behind the .cc domain. Based out of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory of Australia that's planted smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the .cc…
Officials at Lottoland Australia are promising to soldier on in Australia's digital lottery wars, despite a recent government ban on their services. While they're striking a defiant tone in the face of a dark situation, is there really much that Lottoland can do now that the ban is the law of the land? Lottoland's battle…
Australia-facing operators are breathing a sigh of relief after New South Wales imposed a 10 percent point of consumption tax (POCT) on online sports betting. The 10 percent tax is a compromise from a government that, at points in the debate, had asked for as much as 15 percent or even 2 two percent of…
Australian newspaper vendors have been waging war against online lottery betting operators like Lottoland for several years and are, seemingly, close to vanquishing their foes with government sponsored ban on digital lotteries. During this battle the news vendors have positioned themselves as small, local businesses who are under assault from predatory gaming companies hell bent…
When UK lawmakers made good on their promises to regulate the maximum wager on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) last week, they set forth a precedent that Australian MP Andrew Wilkie would like to follow. Earlier this week, the anti-gambling MP advocated the institution of severe stake limits on Aussie FOBTs, aka Pokies. Wilkie's move,…
It's been clear for some time that Australian lawmakers and regulators are coming down hard on the online gambling industry and the case of Neds, an online bookmaker, really drives that point home. Earlier this week, the operators of Neds.au plead guilty to five counts of offering New South Wales residents inducements to gamble or…
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