Interactive Gambling Act
An Australian federal law of 2001 that sets the rules for companies offering or advertising gambling services, covering gambling that takes place
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online through a website or app and via telephone. It makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer certain online services to people in Australia, with online casinos among the banned services, and banned services may not be advertised in Australia or promote credit for online betting. Amendments in 2017 targeted offshore providers, adding a public register of Australian-licensed interactive wagering providers and stronger enforcement tools; more than 220 online gambling services have since withdrawn from the Australian market. A 2019 change enabled BetStop, the national self-exclusion register covering all Australian-licensed online and phone wagering in a single step. Online poker is not itemised by name in the source cited, which frames the prohibition through the online-casino category, and no jurisdiction other than Australia is established by it.
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