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Australian minister for services Alan Tudge says that the Australian government is committed to imposing tougher restrictions on offshore online gambling companies. (Image: Financial Review)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/i>Australia has introduced the long-awaited amendment to its 2001 Interactive Gambling Act, designed to make life tougher for offshore online gambling companies targeting the country, and it could have repercussions as far away as New Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Act will clarify that only operators holding a license in Australia can offer its products to Australians, thus transforming the country from a gray market, in industry terms, into a black market.<\/p>\n

It will give powers to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to impose penalties of up to AU$1.35 million ($1 million) per day for individuals, and up to AU$6.75 ($5 million) for companies found to be in violation of the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently hundreds of illegal gambling services are easily accessible on the internet and we know that people are more likely to get into trouble online,\u201d said Minister for Services Alan Tudge. \u201cWe expect online wagering providers to meet community expectations; the tougher laws will seriously disrupt illegal offshore providers from acting unscrupulously or targeting vulnerable Australians.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is committed to taking tougher action against illegal offshore wagering providers and this bill does exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Echoes in New Jersey<\/b><\/h2>\n

For foreign sports betting companies like Ladbrokes, Betfair, and William Hill, which are doing a brisk trade servicing Australia\u2019s betting whims, this is a little problem; they are already paid up licensees.<\/p>\n

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But for poker companies like PokerStars and PartyPoker, which operate in the New Jersey market, it\u2019s far more problematic. Online poker, unlike sports betting, has never been legalized in Australia, and the new bill will reinforce its illegality.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has said that, while it is prepared to license some foreign operators that engage with legally gray markets, it will not tolerate those that engage with black markets.<\/p>\n

Thus, PokerStars<\/a> and PartyPoker may be forced to choose between the two. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In-Play Betting Loophole to Close<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Act will also reinforce the ban on live, in-play betting. <\/span>The Interactive Gambling Act, which was drawn up before the existence of in-play betting, states that bet on events that have already started can be placed with bookmakers over the phone but not on the internet.<\/p>\n

UK bookies have bypassed this statute by introducing \u201cclick to call\u201d betting apps that use voice recognition technology to allow gamblers to confirm their bets using a simple voice command. This loophole will be closed.<\/p>\n

Foreign bookmakers argue that this is a victory for neo-Luddism over technological disruption.<\/p>\n

“I think it\u2019s a win for the lazy, traditional monopoly wagering operators in Australia who are more interested in protecting their monopoly than giving consumers what they want,” Cormac Barry of Irish-based Sportsbet told the Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia has introduced the long-awaited amendment to its 2001 Interactive Gambling Act, designed to make life tougher for offshore online gambling companies targeting the country, and it could have repercussions as far away as New Jersey. 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