An Australian Senator has launched an inquiry into the state of online poker in the country ahead of the expected implementation of amendments to Australia’s existing gambling law. The amendments in question will, among other things, practically prohibit the provision of online poker services to local customers.
Australian citizens interested to participate will be able to do so by submitting their details on a specially developed website. They will then be reached and encouraged to voice their opinion on the planned changes to the country’s online gambling (and poker in particular) regulatory environment.
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Senator David Leyonhjelm was among the lawmakers to join the online poker effort and to support it staunchly in the Parliament. Back in March, when the bill was approved, Sen. Leyonhjelm promised that the fight was far from over and that he would do his best to spare online poker players from having to either relocate in order to be able to play online poker legally or to stop playing the game.
The proposed and approved amendments to Australia’s online gambling laws met vocal opposition from the country’s online poker community.
A group of local players “the Australian Online Poker Alliance” was reaching politicians during the bill’s discussion process in an attempt to have online poker excluded from the new regulatory regime.
