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Action on interactive gambling: October to December 2020

Enquiries and complaints

We looked into 118 enquiries and complaints

Investigations

We completed 63 investigations into 72 gambling sites

Breaches

We found 65 breaches of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA)

Formal Warnings

We issued 10 formal warnings

Block

We referred 56 websites to internet service providers for blocking

Enquiries and complaints

Of the 118 enquiries and complaints we received, 112 (95 %) were valid complaints that we could investigate under the IGA.

Graph 1

Make a complaint about a service you think is illegal.

Investigations

We completed 63 investigations that involved 72 gambling sites. We found one or more breaches of the IGA in 53 investigations. There were 65 findings of breaches:

  • 59 for providing a prohibited interactive gambling service to Australian customers
  • 4 for providing an unlicensed regulated interactive gambling service to Australian customers
  • 2 for advertising a prohibited or unlicensed regulated interactive gambling service in Australia.

Types of breaches

Graph 2

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

Enforcement action

Action

Number 

Formal warnings issued

  • Mountberg Limited
  • Pelican Entertainment B.V.
  • Shaun Assigal 
  • Aceking Tech Limited 
  • Lein (H.K.) Network Technology Co. Limited 
  • Cheng Chen
  • Kalan Roberts 
  • MyMoon Ltd
  • Julius MMXVII Ltd
  • Mirage Ent Corporation Ltd

10

Websites referred to internet service providers for blocking

56

URLs reported to family-friendly filter providers

56

Our role

We raise awareness of the IGA and make sure people are following it. To do this, we work with many different bodies. These include:

  • international and national regulators
  • licensing authorities
  • service providers
  • sporting and racing bodies
  • other federal government agencies.

Website blocking

We have continued website blocking of services found to be in breach of the IGA.

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