If you love pokies or roulette at online casinos, Australia citizens suddenly found themselves shut out permanently. In a sweeping move, the Aussie government outlawed all unlicensed online casinos, sportsbooks, and poker sites Down Under. It became the Interactive Gambling Amendment Act a year later. And in 2016, the Interactive Gambling Amendment Bill was brought before the Parliament of Australia. Since 2001, powerful land-based operators have continued to protest at the abundance of overseas sites offering real-cash gaming. However, many large overseas sportsbooks have found a way in via licenses from the Norfolk Islands or Northern Territory (NT).
In 2001, the Interactive Gambling Act moved to prohibit the explicit advertising of offshore betting sites.
