The Communications Minister has announced the Australian Government will legislate to ban the use of credit cards for online wagering: sports betting, websites, apps and interactive gambling online.
The Australian Communication and Media Authority already regulates gambling in casinos and poker machine venues under the Interactive Gambling Act. Background.
The ban will not apply to debit cards.
Lotteries will be excluded.
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Author: David Jacobson
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