Bill
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit Card Ban and Acknowledgement of Losses) Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2023-11-14.
- Sponsor
- Rebekha Sharkie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-03-27
- second reading — 2023-03-27
- other — 2023-11-14
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-03-27.
This bill would reduce problem online gambling by banning credit cards for regulated online gambling and requiring players to acknowledge their losses before wagering.
Operators of regulated interactive wagering services would face criminal and civil penalties for accepting credit card payments from customers in Australia.
A six-month transition period is proposed to allow operators and customers to adjust to the new rules.
- Bans the use of credit cards for online gambling through regulated interactive gambling services.
- Requires a person to acknowledge their losses for the current financial year before participating in licensed interactive wagering services.
- Creates a criminal offence and civil penalty for operators who accept, offer to accept, facilitate or promote credit card payments from customers in Australia.
Operators of regulated interactive gambling services and their customers in Australia.
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