The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published its report on actions taken against gambling entities during Q1 2026.
During this period, ACMA looked into 422 enquiries and complaints, of which 87% were valid to be investigated further by the Authority.
January saw the largest number of complaints, totalling 143, while February saw 113 and March with the lowest number with 110.
A total of 25 formal investigations were launched against 60 different gambling websites.
During these investigations, ACMA found at least one breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA) in 23 of these investigations.
The results were split almost perfectly in half, with 22 breaches related to providing a prohibited interactive gambling service to Australian customers, 21 breaches for providing an unlicensed regulated interactive gambling service to Australian customers and one breach for advertising such services.
ACMA issued 13 formal warnings to providers between January and March, including companies such as Dama NV, Hollycorn, NovaForge and Ryker.
A total of 109 websites were referred to internet service providers to be blocked from reaching the general population, as well as flagged to family-friendly filters.
For advertising complaints in particular, there were two complaints in January, nine enquiries in February, then three complaints and seven enquiries in March.
None of these led to a formal investigation from ACMA.
Also during this period, ACMA finalised its investigation into the Special Broadcasting Service Corporation (SBS) regarding complaints during the Tour de France 2025 broadcast.
While SBS disagreed with the regulator’s interpretation, the broadcaster stated that it takes compliance obligations seriously and remains committed to meeting regulatory requirements
