The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has set some rules for the country’s new self-exclusion registration for online and telephone gambling, and has made it clear that it is called “Bet Stop.”
BetStop, announced last month, will allow self-exclusions from 3 months to permanent exclusions from all Australian-approved online and telephone betting services.
Once a player is registered with BetStop, the licensed betting provider must close their personal betting account, block their bets, open a new account and prevent them from sending marketing messages.
Domestic gambling providers also need to promote BetStop through websites, mobile apps and marketing.
“BetStop helps people at risk of gambling harm control their situation and enables them to protect themselves from all licensed online and telephone betting services in a single process. “ACMA Chair Nerida O’Loughlin said.
“BetStop will be up and running in the coming months. Now is the time for the industry to prepare, protect customers and deploy systems and processes to use BetStop.
“People who want to change their gambling habits can also start investigating whether Betstop can play a role in supporting those choices.”
The program name and initial rules will be reviewed this week after ACMA requests a domestic Internet service provider (ISP) to block access to an additional 11 offshore gambling websites.
ACMA has discovered that Pokie Island, Rich Palms, Lucky Tiger Casino, Megaslot, Bitkingz, Parimatchwin, Casino Rocket, Montecryptos, Cabarino, Robin Roo and Jackpot Jill VIP are all operating in violation of the 2001 Interactive Gambling Act. ..
Therefore, ACMA stated that the site illegally offers online gambling in the country and asked ISPs to block access.
