Offshore gambling companies are using third-party websites to entice Australian addicts to resume betting, even after gamblers have placed voluntary restrictions on themselves.

The new trend, targeting those registered with the federal government’s BetStop service , has been condemned as “deeply concerning and opportunistic” by the media regulator, which has begun contacting the websites to “make them aware of Australia’s interactive gambling laws”.

Offshore gambling companies are banned from targeting Australians. But they have been paying websites that promote their inducements, link to their pages and instruct people on how to bypass the BetStop service, which is designed to block registrants from gambling. How Australians became the world’s biggest gamblers Read more

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