Australian Communications and Media Authority News

26 Aug 2026
The Australian Communications and Media Authority requested that internet service providers block Casea and Crown96 after finding the sites were operating in breach of Australia’s Interactive Gambling Act.
24 Jul 2026
This week, another bill was introduced that aims to ban sports prediction markets.
22 Jul 2026
The company paid the penalties after the Australian Communications and Media Authority found multiple breaches of spam and telemarketing laws by the company.
7 Jul 2026
Australia's Federal Court ordered more than $24.2 million in penalties against the operators and promoters of the online poker platforms PPPfish, Shuffle Gaming and Redraw Poker for breaching the country's interactive gambling laws.
12 May 2026
Entain has entered into a court-enforceable undertaking after an Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation found more than 500 breaches of national self-exclusion rules.
20 Feb 2026
Prediction markets continue to takeover gambling headlines, whether it is a new operator throwing its hat into the ring, or another cease-and-desist order.
17 Feb 2026
An Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation found Tabcorp accepted 426 in-play bets across 32 tennis matches between February 2024 and June 2025.
4 Feb 2026
An Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation found Lycamobile breached anti-scam rules on 131 occasions between September and December 2024 after scammers exploited weaknesses in its systems.
22 Oct 2025
The Australian Communications and Media Authority blocked seven more illegal online gambling sites, after investigations found these services to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act.
13 Aug 2025
The Australian Communications and Media Authority blocked four more illegal sites after investigations found these services to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
30 Jul 2025
An Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation found Betfair sent 148 emails and messages between March and December 2024 to customers who had not consented or had withdrawn consent to receive such messages.
17 Jun 2025
Tabcorp Holdings Limited has been hit with a $4,003,270 fine for sending more than 5,700 marketing messages to customers of its VIP program that broke Australia's spam laws.
5 Jun 2025
The Australian Communications and Media Authority found Buddybet, Ultrabet, VicBet and Topbet breached rules that protect people who registered with BetStop.
20 Feb 2025
An Australian Communications and Media Authority investigation found four gambling ads were aired at prohibited times during a broadcast of the first practice round of the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix in March 2024.
13 Nov 2024
The Australian Communications and Media Authority requested that Australian internet service providers block more illegal online gambling websites, including MyEmpire and Betsquare.
22 Aug 2024
Since the Australian Communications and Media Authority made its first blocking request in November 2019, 1,026 illegal gambling and affiliate websites have been blocked.