Australia
Moves to
Ban
Internet Gambling
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA
- Communications Minister Richard Alston said March 28 the Australian
federal government would move shortly to introduce a bill to ban
Australians from offering Internet gambling and wagering services
to residents of Australia.
'The prohibition
will apply to all gaming and wagering services, including poker
machines, casino games, sports betting and lotteries, that are offered
on a commercial basis over the Internet or through online delivery
systems such as interactive television and advanced mobile-phone
technologies,' he said.
But the ban
won't apply to Australian gambling service providers offering such
services to people 'who are physically located overseas,' Mr. Alston
added.
'While it is
a matter for other countries to decide how they will approach online
gambling, Australia's status as one of the world's leading problem
gambling nations demands that we take decisive action to protect
the most vulnerable in the community,' the minister said.
The new laws
will place the onus on gambling service providers to determine where
users are physically located, not on Internet service providers.
In relation
to foreign gambling service providers, the government will require
Internet service providers to inform and make available to their
customers a user-based filter of such gambling services.
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