Online Casinos Have No Responsible Gambling Policies

An Australian gambling addict hopes to recoup his losses with two overseas casinos that have allowed him to gamble despite his self-exclusion from pubs, clubs, and casinos in Australia.

Responsible Gaming can be looked at from several angles. On the part of the casino operator, the reliable provision of gambling primarily includes the operator’s interaction with regulators. On the other hand, it is the conscious attention and responsible behavior of the casino users themselves. 

Here we look at responsible gambling only from the operator’s point of view. Specifically, we are talking about online casino operators. This is mainly due to the legal regulation on the subject in several countries worldwide (Denmark, UK, Australia) and the global trend towards transparency and compliance with responsible gambling principles.

‘Responsible Gambling is a Joke’

Blake Barnard, 42, who lost nearly A$300,000 ($201,000) playing at Curacao-registered online casinos, is considering taking legal action against the casino operators, arguing they should be able to instead prevent their losses from taking advantage of his gambling problem, ABC News reported. “It’s disgusting the way they’re doing it,” Barnard said, criticizing online gambling operators for their lack of responsible gaming policies and procedures and insisting that the online gambling industry does not take responsible Gaming seriously. Responsible Gaming is a joke in the online gambling industry. Doesn’t exist,” Barnard, who lost around A$150,000 ($100,500) of his own money and another A$150,000 ($100,500) of his mother, a pensioner, in 

. with multiple sclerosis, he concluded. As for the availability of online casinos, Barnard said that being able to reach them from mobile phones didn’t help either, and even when his bank blocked his deposit at the casinos, Luckystar, one of the two casino operators, offered him a way around the problem Email proposing the use of cryptocurrencies.

And while Barnard is right that it is not illegal to gamble at offshore casinos, you may find it difficult to recover your losses at online casinos registered in Curacao and owned by unknown owners since the tiny Caribbean island belonging to the Netherlands – considered a gambling operator’s paradise with no regulation, no law enforcement, and no taxes.

ISP Blocks Prove Futile

Barnard has also reported online casino sites to Australia’s Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), and while Luckystar is among the group of 652 sites sent to block internet service providers (ISPs), network operators have a way to get around this by using a mirror. Luckystar asked Barnard to provide identification upon registration, although the online casino does not have a know-your-customer (KYC) policy like many other casinos registered there. As for crypto deposits, the sites make it clear that customers can remain anonymous. The decentralized crypto model enables such practices, making online casinos targets for organized crime and looking for ways to launder 

 proceeds of criminal activity. The inability to trace the origin of the money and its ultimate destination also poses difficulties for financial integrity authorities.