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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot

Curaçao urged repeatedly to crack down on online casinos targeting Australians

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Curaçao
An Australian Communications and Media Authority spokesperson said the agency had discussed its ‘investigations into individual services licensed in Curaçao’ on six occasions since a June meeting. Photograph: Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images

The media watchdog has repeatedly urged authorities in the tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao to stop letting online casinos target Australian consumers as it blacklists more operators.

Offshore gambling companies have been banned from targeting Australians. A large portion of the almost 1,000 websites blocked by the watchdog were licensed in Curaçao, off the coast of Venezuela, which has become a hub for online casinos due to limited oversight.

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