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The first question that any Australian should ask her/himself before gambling at an online casino is whether online gambling is legal in Australia.
Well, it is.
The Australian government passed the Interactive gambling act 2001 on 28 June 2001. It is also known in short as IGA. Its stated goal was to protect Australians from the harmful effects of gambling.
This is does by targeting providers and operators of online casinos and other interactive gambling services; players are not the law’s targets.
According to the IGA it is an offence to provide an interactive gambling service to a customer who lives and is based in Australia. However, Australians may play casino games online.
Additionally, online sports betting is legal in Australia, and is in fact a thriving industry, fully regulated.
As is the case in many federal systems, in Australia too you are best consulting applicable state laws (namely Queensland, Victorian and ACT). Some states it may be prohibited to play casino games online.
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