Australia’s Survey into Online Gambling Harm to Provide New Point of View on Online Gambling
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The House of Representatives’ standing committee on social policy and legal affairs is seeking submissions on the ongoing inquiry into the impacts of online gambling on compulsive gamblers. The committee is concerned about the increasing accessibility of gambling platforms and the role they play in Australian people's lives. The study is expected to help lawmakers understand whether existing regulations, laws, education, customer protection, and support programs are good enough to reduce the harm inflicted on local gambers.
The latest online gambling inquiry was launched on September 15th, 2022 and will run until November 11th. It will take into account the definition of gambling service, restrictions on gambling advertising, the illegal online casinos in Australia, current licensing and regulatory regimes, existing customer protection measures and programmes addressing online problem gambling and related gambling-related harm. The interested parties can submit their submissions until 11 November 2022. Pokies are a concern for local lawmakers as they cost local people millions of dollars in losses.
