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ARTICLE · 03 JUNE 2012

Australia to liberalise online gambling?

Clayton Utz
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The IGA has only had an extremely small impact on meeting the primary objective of reducing harm to problem gamblers.

AustraliaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment
Tony Rein
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Last year we asked " How well does the Interactive Gambling Act work?". It appears the answer is not so well. On 29 May 2012, the Department for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy released an Interim Report outlining potential changes to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

Apparently evidence indicates that the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) is having an extremely small impact on meeting the primary objective of reducing harm to problem gamblers and individuals vulnerable to becoming problem gamblers.

Is liberalising online live betting and virtual gaming while implementing harm minimisation and consumer protections the answer?

Major changes to the online aspects of the IGA suggested by the Interim Report

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