Australia’s highly contested Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill 2016 has received Royal Assent from Governor Peter Cosgrove. This means the legislative bill is all set to become adopted into Australian law. With the last gambling law implemented in 2001, the local government felt it was time for change. The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill first emerged in November of …
The Australian government has recently begun a crackdown on offshore gambling and it might mean big business for Bitcoin. The Interactive Gambling Act of 2016 is an amendment of the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 that was presented after Barry O’Farrell, a former south wales premier, released his own “Review of illegal Offshore Wagering” report. The amendment …
Not-so-long-ago in a country far, far away (relatively) the constitutional monarchy of Australia won a major political battle against online gambling. Australian online poker and casino games were the main victims of the new law set down by the Australian legislation known as the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill. The Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill effectively made it illegal for any …
