Bill to ban online poker in Australia is delayed

[The Buzz]

In recent months we have reported on the exodus from Australia by the likes of Vera&John and 888Poker due to the looming implementation of a series of amendments to online gambling laws that would effectively ban the game throughout the country.

Well, FlushDraw.net is reporting today that online poker players have received a "brief reprieve" from the pending implementation of these new measures and pro-poker activists have "succeeded in gaining Parliament support, to the point of one Australian senator introducing a secondary amendment that would create carveouts for online poker and online blackjack under the new rules."

Those rules, collectively known as the Interactive Gaming Amendment Bill 2016, are poised to officially ban virtually all online gambling in Australia except for sports wagering . . . There’s still a chance, though, however thin it might be, that a poker carveout could be inserted prior to final passage. As part of the efforts of the newly formed Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA), player Joseph Del Duca has led a grassroots effort to contact senators and MPs about the looming ban. The group championed by Del Duca has organized a daily action plan modeled after that created in the US by Poker Players Alliance VP Rich Muny, with Del Duca’s daily versions offering contact info for various Aussie legislators.

Read more here: http://www.flushdraw.net/news/austra...nt-introduced/