Australia blocks five more illegal online gambling sites

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has blocked five further offshore gambling sites after they were found breaching the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

The latest sites blocked include: Viperspin, Just Casino, Betandplay, Play Fina and Comic Play Casino.

Since its initiation, the ACMA has blocked a total of 835 illegal gambling and affiliate websites. Since the ACMA started enforcing new illegal offshore gambling rules in 2017, 215 illegal services have pulled out of the Australian market.

Website blocking is one of a range of enforcement options to protect Australians against illegal online gambling.

The ACMA can block a website if it is providing prohibited iGaming to customers in Australia (such as iCasinos, online slot machines and services that allow in-play online sports betting).

 

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African gambling authorities should learn from Australian government on how they were able to successfully crackdown illegal online casinos. There are pockets of online casinos here in Nigeria which are illegal because they do not registered with local authorities.