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What Was the Point?

The Productivity Commission in Australia was commissioned by the government to study impact that land and online casino gambling has had on the country and also investigate the current regulations and how they are working with an eye toward either more stringent legislation or the other side, licensing. Licensing the online casinos is a major push not only from the global gambling industry, but apparently the Productivity Commission agrees that the Aussie government could be best served by embracing the gambling industry and looking for ways to actively control rather than controversial banning methods.

Although the Productivity Commission certainly did not have only rosy comments to say out the online casinos and the impact that internet gambling would have on Australia, the Commission’s official report indicated that the Commission feels that Australia would be best served by regulating and licensing the industry. The Aussie government though has taken the Commission’s report and seemingly not even considered those recommendations. Instead, the Aussie government is moving full steam ahead on plans to block and ban online casino sites through ISP level content censorship as well as filtering.

This is an incredibly controversial move on the side of the Aussie government because the government’s plans have not even adjusted or altered as a result of the Commissions report and recommendations. Online casinos are still on the ban list and Aussie officials plan an era of prohibition that will likely, as the Commission has predicted, not work and then force the government to adjust regulations later.