Table of Contents
INTRODUCTORY PAGES (PDF format) (Word format)
Terms of Reference
Membership of the Committee
Table of Contents
Structure of report
Recommendations
CHAPTER 1 (PDF format) (Word format)
OVERVIEW
Introduction
Explanation of terms used
Online gaming
Interactive wagering
Online gambling in Australia
Types of gambling activity
Number of operators and players
The regulatory models
Online gaming
Interactive wagering
Problem gambling
The potential for an increase in problem gambling
Prohibition of Internet gambling
Harm minimisation policies
Additional improvements to the regulatory models
Conclusion
CHAPTER 2 (PDF format) (Word format)
ONLINE GAMBLING IN AUSTRALIA
Introduction
What is online gambling?
Who are the online gambling operators in Australia?
Numbers of Internet gamblers
Lasseters Online
Centrebet
Canbet
NetTAB
Under what regulatory schemes do they operate?
The power to regulate – gambling in general
The power to regulate – online gambling
The value of regulation
Regulation in Australia
Online gaming
The importance of a cooperative approach
A standardised model for regulation
Licensing
Technical operations
Audit and inspection
Advertising
Credit gambling
Player protection
Money laundering
Privacy
Taxation sharing arrangement
Interactive wagering
A national cooperative model
Distinctions between online gaming and interactive wagering
Conclusion
CHAPTER 3 (PDF format) (Word format)
PROBLEM GAMBLING
Introduction
Impact of online gambling on problem gambling
Accessibility
The links between online gambling, increased accessibility and problem
gambling
Evidence presented to the Committee
Independent research
Measure of accessibility
Other factors affecting the prevalence of problem gambling
Profile of a problem gambler
Access and availability
Type of gambling product
Demographic factors
Other measures of health and wellbeing
Summary
The challenges that are posed by online gambling
Risk factors
Policy options for addressing problem gambling
Banning access to online gambling
Feasibility of a ban
Technical aspects of a prohibition
Success of banning pornography on the Internet
The consequences of a ban
Other policy options
Harm minimisation policies
Player and third party exclusions and the identification of problem gamblers
Number of exclusions
Effectiveness of player exclusions
Time limits on gambling and the continuity of gambling activities
Links to problem gambling information
Advertising
Warnings about the risks associated with gambling
Player manipulation
Improved customer information – time, odds and financial records
Clear statement of odds
Financial records
Time spent gambling
Public education campaign
Technology to implement harm minimisation policies
Conclusion
CHAPTER 4 (PDF format) (Word format)
ADEQUACY OF REGULATIONS
Introduction
National cooperative model
Ministerial Council on Gambling
Player protection
Money laundering
Privacy
Security
Access to minors
Proof of identity
Conclusion
CHAPTER 5 (PDF format) (Word format)
INTERNATIONAL
Introduction
United States
Overview
The Wire Act of 1961
The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1997
The effect of the Wire Act
Senate 692 - the ‘Kyl bill’
Progress of the Kyl bill
South Africa
Overview of South African policy
Features proposed for the South African model for regulation
National regulatory body
Player protection
Problem gambling
Underage gambling
Taxation
Europe
Gaming Regulators European Forum
Great Britain
Online gaming
Interactive wagering
The Caribbean
Conclusion
Minority Report by ALP Senators (PDF format)
(Word format)
ALP Minority Report Appendix 1 (Xls format)
Australian Democrats Supplementary Comments by Senator Stott Despoja
(PDF format) (Word format)
Supplementary Remarks and Recommendations to the Report on Online
Gambling by Senator John Tierney and Senator Brian Harradine (PDF
format) (Word format)
Appendix 1 Conduct of Inquiry (PDF format)
(Word format)
Appendix 2 List of Submissions (PDF format)
(Word format)
Appendix 3 List of Additional Information (PDF
format) (Word format)
Appendix 4 Witnesses at Hearings (PDF format)
(Word format)
Appendix 5 Productivity Commission - Report on Australia’s
Gambling Industries (PDF format) (Word format )
Appendix 6 Draft Regulatory Control Model for New Forms of Interactive
Home Gambling (PDF format) (Word
format)
Appendix 7 The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of 1999 (PDF
format) (Word format)
Appendix 8 Internet Gaming and South Africa: Implications, Costs
& Opportunities (PDF format) (Word
format)