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Australians are the World’s biggest gamblers. When measured on a per capita basis,
the Economist illustrates that Australians lost over $1,000 per resident adult in
2013. To put this in context, Singaporeans, also notorious gamblers lose over $900
per person. New Zealanders lose only about $500 per person. Canadians, Swedes and
British lose about $400 per resident per year. Although these numbers might indicate
worrying behaviour, the infographic indicates that the bulk of losses achieved by
Australians comes through non-
The regulation of all gambling including these poker machines is done at the state
and territory level. The government is currently in the position of profiting massively
through these poker machines, with billions in annual revenue, while concurrently
maintaining legislation meant to prevent private companies from profiting from online
versions of these games due to worries over ‘problem gambling’. Usage of pokies
in Australia have not been curtailed, but online sportsbooks are officially mandated
to strip out all casino and interactive games from their offerings for Australians
with special Australian sports-
As a result of this legislation, several top-
The latter group may risk Australian legal action. Though it is unclear how this might manifest itself as the companies in this category all operate offshore from gambling havens. Australia’s laws do not punish the individual consumer for registering or gambling with any of these companies. The laws do not restrict the movement of money to these companies in the way that laws in the United States of America restrict such transactions. Credit card companies in the USA will not process transactions to online gambling providers. Furthermore, no offshore gambling or betting sites have been excluded from Australians’ view through blocking by your Internet Service Provider. Several Muslim countries have taken to blocking certain websites from their citizens view in this manner. Given the above, the Australian laws against online gaming are fairly toothless and the choice is down the consumer.
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