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What are your thoughts on this? Seems to me a long overdue discussion for the government to have. The ads are out of control.

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[–] cccc@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve thought about the practicality of banning it online but think it would only really work for Australian based companies.

[–] i_am_hiding@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 already bans online gambling AFAIK, but does not regulate offshore companies, or "licenced services". I don't see why it couldn't be updated to remove such exceptions - and you can't tell me that BlueBet and SportsBet and all the rest of those don't have ABNs. The problem companies aren't the offshore ones.

[–] cccc@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

My thought was that they can ban them from operating in Australia but it’s a bit harder to ban Australians from using them while they’re operating elsewhere.