Action on interactive gambling: July to September 2022

In 2021–22, our focus is on affiliate services that promote and drive traffic to illegal online casinos. These sites often appear as independent reviewers of gambling services. They give direct links to illegal gambling services, regularly receiving a commission for click-throughs.

We targeted investigations into 20 affiliate services. This disrupts the marketing and supply of illegal online gambling services in Australia.

These services were found to be:

• in breach of the ban on advertising illegal gambling services under the IGA
• aiding the act of providing illegal gambling services.

We have finalised all 20 investigations and taken enforcement action where appropriate.

We have published a report highlighting the key outcomes and observations from our activities.

Learn more about protecting yourself from illegal gaming and wagering services.

Of the 314 enquiries and complaints we received, 275 (87%) were valid complaints we could investigate under the IGA.

The increase in complaints received in August was due to over 90 anonymous complaints about affiliate services.

Make a complaint about a service you think is illegal.

We completed 12 investigations that involved 25 gambling sites. We found one or more breaches of the IGA in 10 investigations. There were 27 findings of breaches:

• 21 for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service to Australian customers
• 6 for providing an unlicensed regulated interactive gambling service to Australian customers.

We issued formal warnings to 13 providers:

• Halcyon Super Holdings B.V. for providing prohibited and unlicensed regulated interactive gambling services (Cloudbet and LatinBet24).
• Tiger Tree Holdings for providing prohibited and unlicensed regulated interactive gambling services (Cloudbet and LatinBet24).
• Tech Options Group B.V. for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service (Hell Spin).
• SC Silver Maple Solutions SRL for being a party to providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Gamblers Lab).
• Yellow Birch Informatics SRL for being a party to providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Chipy).
• Green Tree Marketing SRL for being a party to providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Chipy).
• TechSolutions (CY) Group Limited for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service (Bizzo Casino).
• TechSolutions Group N.V. for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service (Bizzo Casino).
• Hollycorn N.V. for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service (Sky Crown).
• First Class Media for providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Spin Oasis, Fab Spins, RB Carnival, Velvet Spin, Zenith Slots, Slots of Wins and The Gogo Room).
• Tabella s.r.o for providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Spin Oasis, Fab Spins, RB Carnival, Velvet Spin, Zenith Slots, Slots of Wins and The Gogo Room).
• Netsurf Media for providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Spin Oasis, Fab Spins, RB Carnival, Velvet Spin, Zenith Slots, Slots of Wins and The Gogo Room).
• Elfrice Group Limited for providing prohibited interactive gambling services (Spin Oasis, Fab Spins, RB Carnival, Velvet Spin, Zenith Slots, Slots of Wins and The Gogo Room).

We reported 36 URLs to accredited family-friendly filter providers for inclusion in the sites blocked when the filters are installed.

We have continued website blocking of services found in breach of the IGA. The majority are casino-style services offering games like blackjack, roulette, poker and slots. A number of the sites also provided wagering services without an Australian licence. It is an offence to provide or advertise these types of services to customers in Australia.

We blocked the following 96 websites. These relate to illegal gambling and affiliate advertising services, and include alternate sites that have been set up to circumvent the blocks:

• 21dukes1.com
• 21dukes2.com
• allspinswin308.com
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• bitkingz.com
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• bizzocasino.com
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• cabarino.com
• casinochan4.com
• casinomoons.com
• casinorocket1.com
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• extravegas.com
• fabspins.com
• fairgo.casino
• fairgo.co
• fairgojackpots.com
• fairgoplus.com
• fairgowins.com
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• go2blackdiamond.com
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• goldencrowncasino1.com
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• goldenpokies33.com
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• gomontecryptos2.com
• grandrushvip.com
• hellspin.com
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• hellspin2.com
• hellspins.com
• helpallspinswin.com
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• helpgoldenpokies.com
• helppokiemate.com
• ignitioncasino.org.lv
• jackpotjill.online
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• joefortunepokies.com
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• jokaviproom.live
• joocasinos2.com
• latinbet24.com
• legitgamblingsites.com
• levelupcasino4.com
• luckytigercasino.com
• luckytigerpromo.com
• megaslot.io
• natiocasino5.com
• nationalcasino.co
• ozbet88au.com
• parimatchwin.com
• pokieisland.com
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• queenspins2.com
• rbcarnival.com
• red-stag-casino.com
• redstaglobby.com
• richcasino4.com
• richcasinoclub.com
• richpalms.com
• richpalmspromo.com
• robinroo.com
• rocketplay4.com
• skycrown.com
• slotsofwins.com
• spartans-slots.net
• spinago3.casino
• spinoasis.com
• spinsamurai2.com
• tangierscasino1.com
• tangierscasinovip.com
• thebescasino1.com
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• thegogoroom.com
• thepokies11.net
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• velvetspin.com
• wabo88.com
• wildjoker1.com
• wildjokercasino.com
• wildtornado12.casino
• winnerama.com
• winparadise.com
• wolfwinner.com
• zenithslots.com

See the full list of websites we have blocked.