The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will request internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block two illegal offshore lottery websites

The Aboriginal Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will petition cyberspace service of process providers (ISPs) inwards the country to cube 2 illegal offshore lottery websites.

The 2 websites - We Love Lotto and Red River Charles James Fox Lotto - testament follow the world-class lottery sites blocked in the country, after ACMA investigations found they offer tickets inwards major overseas online lotteries and are not licensed inward Australia. Such a state of affairs is prohibited below the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.

“We Love Lotto and Red River Fox Lotto are both operating illegally in Australia, meaning in that location are no consumer safeguards inward place for players,” said ACMA Member Fiona Cameron.

“Blocking illegal seaward sites protects Australians from potentially dodgy operators, where at that place is small or no recourse if things go game wrong. Lottery services that are licensed in Australia and operating de jure get of import safeguards that consumers expect.”

These are the rattling first lottery services to follow blocked, but the ACMA has been requesting ISPs to city block illegal casino-style gaming sites since Nov 2019. a unexampled written report shows that the ACMA targeted 55 services for site blocking inward the 2020/21 financial year, which resulted inward a legal age experiencing a diminution inward Australian visitors of at least 90%.

“We are very proud of(p) with the outcome and it shows that the steps we are taking to armed combat illegal online gaming in Commonwealth of Australia get had a prescribed impact,” added Cameron.