Day: 9 August 2022

Proxous Receives Formal ACMA Warning over Supplying Gaming Software to Illegal Online Casinos Facing Australian Gamblers

Tue 9 Aug 2022 10.18 Olivia Cole
Proxous Receives Formal ACMA Warning over Supplying Gaming Software to Illegal Online Casinos Facing Australian Gamblers

The beginning of the week saw the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) issue a formal warning to the software supplier Proxous Advanced Solutions Limited after it found that the company provided gaming software to 13 online casino operators that have been offering their services illegally to local gamblers. As revealed by the Australian regulatory body, the 13 illegal online casinos have used the Realtime Gaming-branded (RTG) software products of Proxous. According to the ACMA, the online gaming software solutions supplier knowingly sub-licensed these software products to the aforementioned casino…

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Alliance for Gambling Reform Campaigners Claim That Queenslanders’ Pokie Losses and Gambling Deteriorate amid Rising Financial Challenges

Tue 9 Aug 2022 6.06 Daniel Williams
Alliance for Gambling Reform Campaigners Claim That Queenslanders’ Pokie Losses and Gambling Deteriorate amid Rising Financial Challenges

Anti-gambling campaigners claim that poker machines are a dangerous product, such as firearms and drugs, as gambling losses after the pandemic have reached record levels in Queensland. According to the latest reports, the residents of Queensland spent AU$4.2 billion on gambling in the financial year that ended in May 2022. Pokies at local pubs and clubs accounted for more than 50% of that amount, with AU$2.8 billion spent by state gamblers in the 12 months to June 2022. Now, gambling reform advocates fear that the existing economic uncertainty is going…

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