Australia

Reading Time: < 1 minutes   Tabcorp Holdings Limited announced that it has resolved a dispute with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in relation to the income tax treatment of payments for various licences and authorities. Tabcorp had paid to the Commissioner in full the disputed amount of tax liabilities and interest. As part of…

Reading Time: 2 minutes   The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has fined Tabcorp Wagering (VIC) Pty Ltd $1 million for not complying with two Commission directions issued during its investigation of Tabcorp’s major system outage in the 2020 Spring Racing Carnival. The scale of the fine, the largest ever imposed by the…

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Specialist gambling law, regulatory and compliance advisory Senet is calling for applications for its Pitch! initiative at Regulating the Game Sydney, to be held in March 2024. Pitch! night @RTG, to be sponsored by Norths Collective, is initially being launched at the upcoming Regulating the Game London conference in September…

Reading Time: 2 minutes   The NSW Government has welcomed the first meeting of the Independent Panel on Gaming Reform. The Independent Panel has considered elements of the upcoming cashless gaming trial, as well as matters which will inform its recommendations to the NSW Government on a gaming reform implementation roadmap. Minister for Gaming and…

Reading Time: < 1 minute   The ACMA has requested that Australian internet service providers (ISPs) block more illegal offshore gambling websites, after investigations found 4 services to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. The latest sites blocked include: Reef Reels, Royal Reels, Slots Gallery and Slotastic. Website blocking is one…