Online Gaming in Oceania

Online gaming in Oceania is dominated by online sports and race wagering, with online casino and poker largely restricted or prohibited at the domestic level in Australia and New Zealand, even though residents frequently access offshore sites. Australia’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001 bans locally licensed operators from offering online casino games and in-play sports betting to Australian residents, while allowing regulated online wagering and empowering the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to block and sanction illegal offshore sites. New Zealand currently does not license domestic online casinos, but is moving toward a regulated iGaming regime via an Online Casino Gambling Bill that would issue up to 15 licenses and introduce new offshore gambling duties on operators serving New Zealand residents.

Oceania iGaming Subjurisdictions
Australia	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
Cook Islands	Norfolk Island	Samoa	Vanuatu
Marshall Islands

Oceania Online Gaming News

More than 20 people charged over New Zealand pokie proceeds fraud (17 February 2026)
Twenty three people have been charged following an investigation by the Department of Internal Affairs into a network of community organizations, dishonestly used to obtain gaming machine grant funds worth over $3 million.

Sportsbet fined A$312,140 for breach of responsible gambling rules (25 November 2025)
The Northern Territory Racing and Wagering Commission's issue saw Sportsbet fail to issue more than 50,000 activity statements between July 2022 and May 2024.

TAB penalized $4 million for spamming VIP customers (17 June 2025)
Tabcorp Holdings Limited has been hit with a $4,003,270 fine for sending more than 5,700 marketing messages to customers of its VIP program that broke Australia's spam laws.

TexBet fined by Australian regulator (1 October 2024)
O’Shea Bookmaking, trading as TexBet, has been fined $33,000 for sending gambling ads and accepting new bets from a customer who had tried to close their betting account.

BlueBet fined $50,000 for advertising breaches (15 April 2024)
The Australian bookmaker was charged with gambling advertising breaches following a complaint in August 2023 and ordered to pay the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission.

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Oceania iGaming Events

SPiCE International
4-6 November 2026
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

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