The Gambling Rort

STATUS · Ongoing · unresolved$0Dollar figures in the explanatory memorandum for the levy that funds the register: none. The amount is left to a later…

20/08/2026Opened on fileThe default is exposure

A unanimous parliamentary committee said phase the ads out. The government's own analysis said a full ban delivers double the benefit at half the enforcement cost. The law that passed makes exposure the default and hands the citizen a register to ask, platform by platform or name by name, to be left alone.

Fig. 01 /The record6 exhibits

$0Dollar figures in the explanatory memorandum for the levy that funds the register: none. The amount is left to a later ACMA legislative instrument…EM, Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Bill 2026 0.2 per centThe share of SBS's active streaming subscribers who have used its existing gambling-advertising opt-out, per the St Vincent de Paul Society's…Senate committee report, footnote 75, 17 August 2026 $217.6 millionAnnual net benefit of the full phased advertising ban in the government's own Impact Analysis, against $107.1 million for the package chosen: roughly…Wagering Advertising Reform Impact Analysis, April 2026, Table 16 31 December 2031The end of the grandfathering period for wagering sponsorships on sporting uniforms and venues under arrangements entered before the bill's…Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, Schedule…37-13The Senate's final vote on all three bills, after the 9pm guillotine, 19 August 2026. Three Coalition senators crossed the floor into the noes: Alex…Journals of the Senate No. 63, 19 August 2026 $32.2 billionApproximate losses by Australians on legal forms of gambling in 2023-24, 'the highest losses per capita in the world of around $1,521', on the…Explanatory memorandum, Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling…

Fig. 01Source: case record · each fact carries the article that documented itAs of 2026‑08‑20Auto-assembled

Fig. 02 / What happened

01The default is exposure

Fig. 02Source: case chain · every article in this case, in sequenceAs of 2026‑08‑20Auto-assembled

Fig. 03 / Who the record names

Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 1 Regulatory CaptureMECHANISM · 1 The ACMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 1 Responsible Wagering AustraliaLOBBY · ONLINE WAGERING · 1 BetStopMECHANISM · SELF-EXCLUSION · 1 The Opt-Out RegisterMECHANISM · DEFAULT SETTINGS · 1 Jacqui LambiePERSON · SENATOR FOR TASMANIA, ARMY VETERAN · 1

Fig. 03Source: entity scan · names appearing across this caseAs of 2026‑08‑20Auto-assembled

How we know

The exhibits sit beside the title above, each tied to the article that documented it. How evidence and sources are graded: evidence grade, source tiers.

Evidence strength · 20 sources across 1 article

Primary 12
Official 2
Masthead 6

What else is connected

Named in this case and in others. A count of where the record names them, not a finding about what they did.

From the desk

1 January 2027Follow-up
Gambling ad rules commence
The default is exposure · The Gambling Rort
The advertising rules commence on 1 January 2027, but the opt-out register has no proclamation deadline.
Read the desk note
The article's own watch: the wagering advertising rules commence 1 January 2027, yet no one may apply to the Wagering Advertising Opt-out Register before a proclaimed start day with no statutory deadline (estimated up to 12 months). Watch whether and when the register is proclaimed.
7 October 2026Correction
Correction published
The default is exposure · The Gambling Rort
This section and the key facts said the three bills became Acts No. 72, 73 and 74 of 2026. The parliamentary record found by this desk confirms Act No. 72 for the principal bill, assented on 26 August 2026, and No. 73 for the Interactive Gambling (Cost Recovery Levy) Act 2026; this desk could not confirm an Act number for the National Self-exclusion Register levy bill, and that claim has been…

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