So we are coming to point that you are one who is breaking the law and play casino games in Curacao.
From Bitstarz's terms and conditions:
3.7: It's forbidden for players from United States of America, United Kingdom, Spain, France and its overseas territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion, Mayotte, St. Martin, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia), Netherlands, Sweden, Israel, Lithuania, Slovakia, Dutch West Indies or Curacao to play at BitStarz. This includes both FIAT and Cryptocurrencies.----
Why if online slots/casino games are illegal in australia, isn't australia in the list above?
Just to provide clarification on both the bolded points above:
As zazedac correctly stated, it is perfectly legal for Australians to gamble online - doesn't matter what country, what licence, what jurisdiction.
What
is illegal is for casinos to offer their services to anyone in Australia unless the casino gets a licence, and as there is currently no mechanism in place for any casino to get a licence, it is very much a catch-22.
Now many casinos simply don't want the hassle of trying to bypass the Australian regulations - they might be publicly floated companies, or their providers might have pulled out of the Aussie market so there is nothing on offer, or they might quite simply be wary of any potential repercussions, although as
@Slottery correctly states:
"Like I said in earlier post, Australia don't have a way to punish companies in other countries web casinos, if that would be easy, don't you think that UKGC for example wouldn't make much more for some operators and affiliates who are promoting casinos for Gamstop people etc.."
Those casinos that do offer their services to Australians are not based in Australia (obviously) but are offshore entities, and the games they offer are not from any major providers, so not only are our choice of casinos limited, but so are the games on offer.
The problem with the current situation is that if something untoward happens, we have no protection. That is a risk we are all taking every time we play, and also one that is acknowledged by our useless government which placed us in this position.
Which is why it is so important to research, research and research before depositing.
Because so many times I have not realised it was a Direx casino and then had issues and realised. Are they contactable by any of their phone numbers online? No. Do their emails bounce back? Yes. Are they constantly using predatory behaviour towards their players ie setting deposit limits that then don't work, duplicating transactions, closing accounts with no reason and withholding payouts? Yes. Should casinos like that be allowed to operate here. Absolutely not. Will I be reporting them to the ACMA to have their VPN's blocked? Give me one good reason why I shouldn't after so many attempts to contact them directly have resulted in zero response
So onto this post.
Should casinos like that be allowed to operate here? No casino is "allowed" to operate here. They are offshore entities offering a service that you have the choice - I repeat,
You have the choice - to accept or reject.
Will I be reporting them to the ACMA to have their VPN's blocked? And what do you think the ACMA is going to do for you in return, other than having their VPN's blocked - or do you mean their URL? Hard to tell what you exactly are wittering on about. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. Whatever problems you had with Direx before going down that route will still be your problem afterwards. All you will have achieved is potentially closing off another avenue for Australians to take if they wish to gamble.
Give me one good reason - I could, but if I did, I would invoke the CM ban hammer.