Report from senate inquiry on online gambling and gamling advertising

[FSL009]

Hi all

sorry has been a rough week. about mid week last week i received from the government the report issued from the above senate equiry as I was a person that submitted a submission to that enquiry.

the main recommendations include:

1. recommend that the dept of broadcasting undertake or commission a report into the extent of online gambling in Australia in order to get a greater understanding of the industry before changing any laws.

2. to continue to ban in-game online betting (I note this is targeted at sports betting) but still they were quite clear that the law should remain in tact as is.

3. the new proposed law on restricting access to credit card payments for online gambling was scrapped.

the entire report is quite long, but anyway you should know we are no where closer or further away after this lengthy senate enquiry.

[UnEducaterd]

Hi all

sorry has been a rough week. about mid week last week i received from the government the report issued from the above senate equiry as I was a person that submitted a submission to that enquiry.

the main recommendations include:

1. recommend that the dept of broadcasting undertake or commission a report into the extent of online gambling in Australia in order to get a greater understanding of the industry before changing any laws.

2. to continue to ban in-game online betting (I note this is targeted at sports betting) but still they were quite clear that the law should remain in tact as is.

3. the new proposed law on restricting access to credit card payments for online gambling was scrapped.

the entire report is quite long, but anyway you should know we are no where closer or further away after this lengthy senate enquiry.

step 1....report...

step 2....a Bill..

step 3...a Law...

Ummm,,,,this is so many stages away than the above 3 would have you believe,,,that it ain't even funnyyyyyy

[FSL009]

yeah. i agree.

The main concern is that the department they recommend collate further info on online gambling is in fact broadcasting which we all know wants to put in the blanket NBN ban on unclassified websites...

I think we need to ensure that we be involved in these things at least then we were proactive. But yeah it is not like this term of government is going to see many changes.

[UnEducaterd]

yeah. i agree.

The main concern is that the department they recommend collate further info on online gambling is in fact broadcasting which we all know wants to put in the blanket NBN ban on unclassified websites...

I think we need to ensure that we be involved in these things at least then we were proactive. But yeah it is not like this term of government is going to see many changes.

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