Bill
Interactive Gambling Amendment (Prohibition on Credit Card Use) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2022-07-25.
- Sponsor
- GRIFF, Sen Stirling
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-08-25
- second reading — 2020-08-25
- other — 2022-07-25
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 2020-08-25.
The bill would ban the use of credit cards for online betting in Australia.
Operators of regulated interactive gambling services would be prohibited from accepting credit card payments, either directly or through payment methods that use a credit card as a backing.
The ban would take effect after a six-month transition period, and the Australian Communications and Media Authority would review it after three years.
- Creates a criminal offence and a civil penalty for accepting, facilitating or promoting credit card payments for online bets.
- Allows a six-month transition period before the prohibition starts.
- Requires the Australian Communications and Media Authority to conduct a statutory review after three years.
Operators of regulated interactive gambling services and their customers who bet online.
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