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Reliable departing operators are being replaced with questionable sites that offer less consumer protection
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Last week’s report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) claiming success in stamping out unlicensed online gambling operations (see previous InfoPowa report) has been challenged by Joseph Del Duca, who heads the Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA).
The Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) which was founded by poker player Joseph Del Duca was optimistic about its chances of working together with legislators and getting an exception for the online poker industry to continue to operate legally down under. The association which is made up of online poker players had stated earlier this. This is a guest contribution from Joseph Del Duca, founder of the Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA). The AOPA is a community run organisation and advocate for safe and sensible online poker legislation ensuring that Australian poker players are heard. If the poker community doesn't act now, online poker will no longer be permitted in. Australian Online Poker Alliance May 2 Another clear example that the Government's current position of banning online gaming does not work. If Australia is serious about protecting the vulnerable and ensuring sufficient safe guards guards are in place then the Interactive Gambling Act must be amended as soon as possible!
Del Duca says that the vacuum left by operators warned off by the regulator is being filled with questionable operators, placing Australian players at risk, and that the changes in online gambling laws have done little to discourage determined Australian online poker fans from playing.
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In a statement, Del Duca observed: “During our campaign we have spoken with thousands of Australian poker players. To a person, nobody we have spoken to has stopped playing. They have merely shifted to different sites.
“Yes, some grey market sites may have gone, but they have been replaced with different ones. If anything, there are more unregulated poker sites for players to choose from today than there was previously. Many of the new emerging sites are much worse than the ones that ACMA has forced away.”
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Challenging the ACMA, Del Duca suggested that the regulator stops “patting itself on the back over false truths” and instead takes a more serious approach for the protection of players.
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“The only way that they can do that is by joining with us to call for the Morrison Government to amend the IGA and to bring safe, regulated, online poker back to Australia,” he concluded.