Australian Pokies Reform To Benefit Online Casinos

Australia is on the brink of new and tighter pokie machine reform laws which are being introduced to regulate the amount of money gamblers can bet in any session. Pre-commitment technology is designed so that the player has to set a maximum bet limit and total amount they are willing to spend when playing the pokies at a pub or club. The Australian government has been debating these new laws for some time now and the main supporter of tighter regulation has been Andrew Wilkie. Initially Mr Wilkie who is an independent Federal Government member of parliament supported the Labour government under the agreement that tight new laws including a maximum bet limit of $1 to all pokie machines in all pubs and clubs across Australia. The aim is to curb problem gambling and the belief is limiting the maximum reduces the maximum that can be lost within a 1 hour period to $1200 per player. Since then much debate has gone into the issue and the government has agreed to a “watered” down version of the law to introduce mandatory pre commitment technology to new machines by 2013 and all pokie machines by 2016.

So what does this mean for online gambling in Australia? Typically when restrictions and reforms are introduced to popular activities people just find another source of fulfilling their desire for these activities. And this is something that is certainly going to make online gambling become even more popular within Australia. Online gambling is a huge growth area for gambling in general. The ability to play casino games whenever you like if you have access to a computer, tablet or mobile phone makes online gambling extremely convenient and simple for many people. Limiting the ability for people to gamble is going to be a big boom for online casinos. The Australian government is in the strange position of considering tougher legislation for land based pokie machines but also potentially allowing online sports betting websites to offer live betting on football and just about every other sports. Online casinos cannot be operated from within Australia’s borders but it is perfectly legal for Australian residents to bet at any number of online casinos. There is no way the Australian government can legislate against online casinos so placing restrictions on land based pokie machines is only going to force gamblers to look for other opportunities to play their favourite games without these restrictions. With the availability of so many different online pokies or slot
machines there is no doubt whatsoever that online casinos are going to benefit massively as a result of pokie machine reforms which are about to pass though the Australian senate.

When gamblers look online for their favourite games instead of playing them on traditional land based machines this is certainly going to mean a reduction in revenue for the Australian government. At the present moment 48% of all profits from pokie machines are paid in tax by pubs and clubs so the changes to sports betting laws are certainly a way for them to offset any loss that is seen from mandatory pre commitment technology. It will be interesting to see how they handle online casinos in the years to come.

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