How well does the Interactive Gambling Act work, asks new review

Australia's interactive gambling laws are under review, with the release of the discussion paper Review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

What will the interactive gambling review look at?

The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has been asked to review the Interactive Gambling Act with reference to:

• the growth of online gambling services (both regulated and unregulated) in Australia and overseas, and the risk of this to the incidence of problem gambling;
• the development of new technologies, including smart-phones, and the convergence of existing technologies that may accelerate the current trend towards the take-up of online gambling services in Australia and overseas;