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Online gambling lobby says ‘no problem’ with punting on credit as MP calls for crackdown
The representative for the biggest players in Australian online gambling says punters should be not be stopped from going into debt to bet.
Key points:
- MP Andrew Wallace says the banks have a “social responsibility” to put a halt to credit card use in online betting
- The banking industry says it has no plans to change its policy on the use of credit cards despite raising the matter itself in 2019
- The head of a gambling lobby says online betting comes with greater safeguards than casinos or pokies
Responsible Wagering Australia chief executive Brent Jackson’s remarks follow a call for a crackdown on the use of credit cards in online gambling from Queensland MP Andrew Wallace.
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