{"id":323,"date":"2023-07-02T09:48:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T09:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunzavalley.org\/australian-research-proposes-federal-igaming-regulation-and-total-ban-on-all-gambling-ads\/"},"modified":"2023-07-02T09:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T09:48:17","slug":"australian-research-proposes-federal-igaming-regulation-and-total-ban-on-all-gambling-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunzavalley.org\/australian-research-proposes-federal-igaming-regulation-and-total-ban-on-all-gambling-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian research proposes federal iGaming regulation and total ban on all gambling ads"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The report presents more than 30 recommendations, <\/strong>and some of them focus on advertising and other ways to protect vulnerable people. A House of Representatives Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has been digging deeply into the country’s gambling problems, particularly among online gambling participants. What makes the harsh assessment of the situation even more revealing is that the Australian government doesn’t even allow it online casinos<\/a> and licensed gambling is mostly limited to sports and race betting.<\/p>\n

Australians are losing more per capita from online gambling than gamblers in any other country while the government increased AU$1.6 billion in taxes <\/strong>in 2022. Participation in online gambling increased during the pandemic<\/a> and remains above pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n

General ban on all forms of gambling advertising<\/h2>\n

Proposals in the inquiry include a total ban on all gambling ads in the country, including those posted on social media or other online outlets serving Australian gamblers, as well as on all traditional media including newspaper, television, billboards or any other news delivery system. Small local radio stations would be exempt from the tax until 2025, with special racing stations remaining exempt.<\/p>\n

The ban is to be implemented in four steps over the next three years.<\/p>\n

recommendation 26 <\/strong>
5.148<\/p>\n

The Committee recommends that the Australian Government work with States and Territories introduce a total ban on all forms of online gambling advertising<\/strong>which will be introduced immediately in four phases over a period of three years.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese indicated that the government will take all recommendations into account.<\/p>\n

Albanese said on ABC Gold Coast radio: “We have to deal with online issues, we have to deal with social media issues, we have to deal with them<\/em> comprehensive in all areas.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Committee Chair Peta Murphy said in the summary: “Australians spend more on online gambling than citizens of any other country. This is wreaking havoc in our communities. Saturation advertising secures our future losses. Only WSPs, major sports organizations and the media benefit from the status quo. This investigation found evidence of players who had lost and were encouraged to bet more by the WSPs; and those who won and were prevented from continuing to play. Any business model that encourages harm deserves close scrutiny.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The question’s title was changed about a month after it was adopted by the committee in late 2022 and a request for comment was amended to read “People with lived experience of wildlife damage to participate”<\/em>, indicating the direction it had been going almost from the start. The written comment period ended a month later.<\/p>\n

The final working title is: “\u201cYou win some, you lose more\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and the introduction to the research report is titled: \u201cResearch on online gambling and its impact on those who experience gambling harm.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The report can be read in its entirety or downloaded in sections Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The committee was composed as follows:<\/p>\n

Committee President and Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

chairman
Mrs Peta Murphy MP<\/p>\n

Australian Labor Party, Dunkley VIC<\/p>\n

Vice President
Mr Pat Conaghan, MP<\/p>\n

The Nationals, Cowper NSW<\/p>\n

Member
Mrs Kate Chaney MP<\/p>\n

Independent, Curtin WA<\/p>\n

Member
Mrs Mary Doyle MP<\/p>\n

Australian Labor Party, Aston VIC<\/p>\n

Member
Mr Sam Lim MP<\/p>\n

Australian Labor Party, Tangney WA<\/p>\n

Member
Mrs Louise Miller-Frost, Members of Parliament<\/p>\n

Australian Labor Party, Boothby SA<\/p>\n

Member
Hon Shayne Neumann MP<\/p>\n

Australian Labor Party, Blair QLD<\/p>\n

Member
Mrs. Jenny Ware MP<\/p>\n

Australian Liberal Party, Hughes NSW<\/p>\n

Member
Mr. Keith Wolahan MP<\/p>\n

Australian Liberal Party, Menzies VIC<\/p>\n

The research allowed “both sides” of the problem to be presented, providing contrasting viewpoints from researchers, consumer advocates and stakeholders, including those in the social gaming space, which some parties involved in the research defined as such “aimed at children”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

While some researchers have suggested that there is a causal relationship between them board games<\/a> and real money gambling problems or between advertising and gambling damage is “weak at best”<\/em>Some strong arguments have been made for the \u201cdon’t\u201d side of the equation, which have also been backed up by scientific research.<\/p>\n

When trying to determine whether or not Make changes to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001<\/strong>, MEPs drew up a list of possible changes needed in social gaming, loot boxes and “gambling” that could look like better casino education for children by exposing them to responsible gaming measures applied to real money gambling in different jurisdictions. This includes the following:<\/p>\n