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Australian Government Bans In-Play Betting, Bookies Carry On Regardless
The Australian government has ordered online bookmakers to cease offering in-play betting as it moves to permanently ban the practice in which bettors can make real-time wagers while a game is in...
Australia Records Record Gambling Figures, But Does it have a Gambling Problem?
Australia’s love of gambling, is often perhaps too quickly dismissed as an endearing part of the national character, and it's?beginning to cause alarm among the country’s politicians and media. Recently Australians were...
Australia In-play Betting War Escalates as Politicians and Sports Bodies Join the Fray
Aussie senator Nick Xenophon has attacked a push by the country’s major sporting bodies to end a ban on in-play sports betting. In an official statement, the senator condemned the move as...
Bet365 Sign-up Promo Slammed By Australian Court
Bet365 is likely to be heavily fined by the Australian Federal Court after a judge ruled last week that the operator’s first deposit promotion was deceptive and misleading. The bonus model, variations...
Australia Takes on Interactive Gambling Act, Saying Online Laws Need Clarification
Australia’s online gambling market has been governed for the past 14 years by the Interactive Gambling Act, a piece of legislation passed in 2001. It’s a law that has left much about...
Australian Study Says Internet Gambling Isn’t Root Cause of Gambling Problems
Online gambling opponents often portray Internet betting as particularly dangerous, using terms like “click your mouse, lose your house” to suggest that individuals can suddenly run up huge debts after becoming addicted...
James Packer Crowns Australian Betfair as Latest Business Conquest
Looks like James Packer has his eye on the lucrative Australian online sportsbetting market. The chairman of Australia's high-profile Crown Ltd casino group is rumored to be buying up 50 percent of...
Australians Still World’s Most Prolific Gamblers, New Study Says
In the past, many surveys, estimates and studies have told the world what Aussies already know: Australians love to gamble. And just in case anyone thought that might be changing, a new...
UK Man Charged with Courtsiding at Australian Open
For tennis fans, there’s nothing they’d rather be doing right now than sitting courtside watching Rafael Nadal or Serena Williams at the Australian Open. But one young man from the UK was...
South Australian Ad Equates Kids’ Gaming with Future Gambling Problems
Put away that new Xbox One or PS4 – it just might turn you into a compulsive gambler. That may not have been the message that the South Australian Government was shooting...