ACMA Q2 figures: 330 enquiries, 20 investigations and two skin gambling sites
The Authority has cracked down on companies offering unlicensed or prohibited services to the Australian public.
Key points:
– Just under 300 enquires and complaints were investigated for potentially breaking the law
– This averages out to 3.6 submissions a day during this period
– Ten formal warnings were handed out and 73 websites blocked
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published the figures on gambling enforcement between April and June this year.
Out of the 330 enquiries and complaints submitted, 292 were investigated under the Interactive Gambling Act (IGA).
June was the busiest month for submissions, with 121 compared to 111 in May and 98 in April.
A total of 20 investigations were launched into 24 gambling sites, with investigators focusing on unlicensed operators and providers.
The 30 discovered breaches were balanced between 16 banned services, 12 unlicensed services and two illegal adverts.
Ten formal warnings were issued to companies, including Hollycorn, Nava and Best Aussie Pokies.
Gamusoft and Moontain were both warned for hosting skin gambling services, both of which focus on CSGO cases.
Good to know: Skin gambling is the process of betting on the chance of receiving items of competitive video games, or using those skins to wager on the outcomes of games
Finally, 73 websites were also found to breach the IGA, some of which were dupes of one another in attempts to evade a previous block.
Between April and June, no one was referred to the Department of Home Affairs for inclusion on the Movement Alert List, which was the only enforcement with zero actions taken.
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