In a pre-emptive move, the Australian government has banned internet gambling, an enterprise which has proved lucrative elsewhere (see Forecasts) but one which had not yet taken off in Australia.
The general proliferation of gambling in Australia so worried the government that it took the measures in order to avoid an ‘epidemic’ of at-home gambling. As the provision of internet and telecommunications services falls under federal jurisdiction it will not affect other gambling activities which are legislated by the state.
