The Act was passed by the Australian Parliament on 29 June 2001, and has been amended a number of times, most recently in 2023.
The Interactive Gambling Act was passed by the Parliament of Australia on 28 June 2001.
[citation needed] For example, sports betting through licensed operators is still legal as long as the betting occurs prior to the sporting event starting – this way the individual is not gambling 'interactively'.
Online lotteries are also legal according to the Act, as long as they are not the 'instant-win' style scratch cards.
Act review On 24 August 2011, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, released a discussion paper for the review of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.