\n\u201cThere is quite an active online poker community in Australia,\u201d said Leyonhjelm. \u201cI don’t think [prohibition] will succeed for those really determined. If you have a VPN or offshore account, you will still play. It’s a stupid situation to be in.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nFirst Online Poker Conviction <\/b><\/h2>\n
Earlier this month, Australia secured its first prosecution of an online poker operator for violating the Interactive Gambling Act. Luke Brabin, WSOP Asia-Pacific gold bracelet holder and owner of the site play.pokerasiapacific.com, was fined A$10,000 ($7,500) for providing an illegal gambling service.<\/p>\n
At the time the charges against Brabin were filed, play.pokerasiapacific.com was lobbying he government to have online poker excluded from the Interactive Gambling Act.<\/p>\n
On his Facebook page, Leyonhjelm said he encourages all Australians concerned about online poker to make a submission to the forthcoming inquiry and that he would post a link to submissions as soon as one is made available. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Australian Senators have made progress in their push to block Australia\u2019s de facto ban on online poker. Senators David Leyonhjelm and Cory Bernardi, respectively of the Liberal Democrats and Australian Conservatives, two minor political parties in the country, had their motion to establish an inquiry into online poker approved this week. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":52355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Australian Lawmakers Force Inquiry into Online Poker Ban<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n