Australia Archive

In Australia, online gambling is perfectly legal, for the most part. Some sites are locally licenced and regulated, some are not. While the government says the unregulated variety are acting unlawfully by accepting Aussies, there’s absolutely no penalty against the players who choose to play there. How they deposit funds to do so, however...
The Australian government is all-but guaranteed to pass an amendment that would formally prohibit online casinos and poker sites from accepting Aussies. The push for gambling reform has been heavy since the new government came into office, and it looked as if nothing could stop them. Except maybe a strain of multi-million dollar lawsuits....
Growing up, my parents constantly instilled in me – “Safety first!” Look both ways before crossing the street. Never take candy from a stranger. Put on your seat belt before driving. That same level of caution should be undertaken before playing for real money at an iPad casino. In this day and age, we...
To gamble, or not to gamble? That is the question. But the answer from legendary Australian gambler David Walsh is a mysterious one. Walsh claims to generate about $8 million a year as a professional gambler, yet he’s one of the nation’s strongest antagonists, vehemently opposing the act of gambling, especially on Australia’s most...
Royal Vegas has been my favorite online casino for years now, and I don’t ever expect that to change. But like most of you, I enjoy testing the waters of new online casinos, so long as they exude a high level of integrity. As the New Year approaches, I thought I’d share a closer...
In Australia, online gambling laws have been on the books for the last 15 years. But those laws don’t make it illegal to play online poker and casino games over the internet. They are just strict enough to keep offshore operators in line, threatening (arguably unenforceable) criminal pursuit if they don’t supply a genuine...
In Australia, gambling has been a way of life for many decades. The nation is home to 20% of the world’s poker machines. Statistical research has shown that about 80% of all Australians enjoy punting every year, either with regular wagers, or just once or twice on special occasions. With that said, the chances...
I admit it. I’ve been playing Pokemon Go since the popular mobile gaming app was first released. Could it be called addictive? Sure. But the same can be said of PC and console games. Who among us hasn’t (or knows someone who hasn’t) lost sleep playing MMO-RPGs? What I can’t wrap my head around...
The live casino industry isn’t what it was a few decades ago. They relied on gambling revenue, and anything was just icing. But now, millennials don’t care for pokies like their parents and grandparents did, and table games are too slow paced. This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) focused primarily on ways to bring...
South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon has made no secret of his deplorable view towards poker machines. His anti-pokies crusade has stretched on for what seems like forever now, and a recent multi-million money laundering case has added buckets of fuel to the campaign fire. Sen. Xenophon’s latest political efforts are geared towards a crackdown...