Australia Seriously Considering Liberalisation of Online Gaming Laws, Announce Gaming Club

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Australia Seriously Considering Liberalisation

of Online Gaming Laws, Announce Gaming

Club

PR Newswire

TA'XBIEX, Malta, June 29, 2012

TA'XBIEX,

Malta

,

June 29, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The Australian government is set to consider a report calling for increased

liberalisation of the online gambling sector, announce Gaming Club. One of the

first online gaming sites, Gaming Club reports that the new legislation would not

only offer Australian gamblers an increased level of consumer protection, but

also a greater selection of online gaming options.

The interim report to the federal government could lead to an increase in the

number of sports betting options available online, including live in-play sports

betting, which is currently only legal via mobile and in person. Online poker

tournaments could also be legalised as part of the proposals.

As well as recommending legalisation of in-play betting online, the report

proposes linking online gaming laws to match-fixing laws, appointing the

Australian Communications and Media Authority to oversee online gambling,

and new harm-prevention measures, including self-exclusion from websites.

Australia's

current stance on online gambling is decidedly muddled. While it is

not illegal for Australian citizens to play casino games online, it is illegal for

companies to offer these services online to Australians. Revenues suggest that

many Australians do play online casino games, spending an estimated AU$790

million on offshore gambling sites in 2008, with that figure now estimated at

AU$1 billion per year.

Sports betting, meanwhile, is legal online, with a few exceptions, including that

of live in-play betting. A nation of sports lovers,

Australia's

sports betting sector

has seen steady growth over the past ten years, with revenue growing to more

than AU$400 million.

The interim report follows previous recommendations from the government's

independent advisory body to officially legalise and regulate online gambling in

the country. In 2009, the Productivity Commission advised the government to

lift its 2001 Interactive Gambling Act, which currently bans most forms of online

gaming, to allow the government to benefit from the

$1 billion

revenues

currently being spent overseas, while increasing consumer protection for

Australian online gamers through regulation.

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