Australian Ex-Regulators Rule Out In-Play, Online Casino Reform

• Politics, weak demand and industry division preventing change
• Former regulators divided over uniform regulatory practice

In-play betting and online casino have next to no chance of being legalised in Australia, according to former gaming regulators from Australia’s largest state governments.

Peter Cohen, executive commissioner and CEO of the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation’s predecessor authority, said online casino has “no chance” and in-play betting has a “minuscule chance” of entering the market.