A parliamentary committee of inquiry made the recommendation on Wednesday as part of its efforts to reduce the “havoc” that online gambling advertising had produced in one of the biggest betting markets in the world.
The committee issued 31 suggestions on how to regulate internet gambling, which it claimed was altering the culture of sport, and how to assist Australians who are battling with addiction.
Peta Murphy, the committee’s chair, claimed in the study titled “You win some, you lose more” that Australians spend more money than people in every other nation on online gambling.
Murphy claimed that “this is wreaking havoc in our communities.”