ACMA and Media Authority (The Australian Communications) is to begin blocking offshore online gambling sites they find suspicious. This follows complaints from Australian consumers, who spend up to $400m on illegal gambling sites annually and sometimes have difficulties regaining their winnings or deposits. Australian communications minister Paul Fletcher added that these illegal sites cost $100m in lost tax revenue a year. A review by The Australian Communications in 2015 on these sites not only revealed a lack of consumer protection but also links with organised crime.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is to begin blocking offshore online gambling sites they find suspicious. This follows complaints from Australian consumers, who spend up to $400m on illegal gambling sites annually and sometimes have difficulties regaining their winnings or deposits. Australian communications minister Paul Fletcher added that these illegal sites cost $100m in lost tax revenue a year. A review by ACMA in 2015 on these sites not only revealed a lack of consumer protection but also links with organised crime.