Current practice in Australia Although under the current arrangements, all states and territories have mandated for the availability of self-exclusion for online wagering, requirements for offering other features related to self-exclusion vary by jurisdiction. It is important to note these mandated self-exclusion rules do not apply to the other self-exclusion type products that online wagering providers offer such as a a tool offered by Sportsbet. These tools offered by providers are in addition to self-exclusion and often allow for ‘take break’, very short-term exclusion from wagering activity. Table 2: Current features in Australian jurisdictions State/ Availability Provisions Flexibility Maximum Minimum Capacity Provision of Cessation of Outstanding territory of for for setting periods periods for referral to advertising funds paid system exclusion is application thirdparty periods of periods customer counselling materials upon to includes mandated for nomination to revoke and support commencement customers online through exclusion exclusion services upon (not operators legislation or exclusion exclusion thirdparty other approaches) regulation ACT* NSW** n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a NT± (only after set time period) QLD±± n/a SA±±± TAS¥ VIC¥¥ n/a WA¥¥¥ n/a (optional)
Current practice in Australia Although under the current arrangements, all states and territories have mandated for the availability of self-exclusion for online wagering, requirements for offering other features related to self-exclusion vary by jurisdiction. It is important to note these mandated self-exclusion rules do not apply to the other self-exclusion type products that online wagering providers offer such as ‘take a break’, a tool offered by Sportsbet. These tools offered by providers are in addition to self-exclusion and often allow for very short-term exclusion from wagering activity. Table 2: Current features in Australian jurisdictions State/ territory system includes online operators Availability of is mandated through legislation or other regulation application for Provisions for thirdparty nomination (not thirdparty approaches) Flexibility for setting periods of Maximum periods Minimum periods periods Capacity for customer to revoke Provision of referral to counselling and support services Cessation of advertising materials upon commencement Outstanding funds paid to customers upon ACT* NSW** n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a NT± (only after set time period) QLD±± SA±±± n/a TAS¥ VIC¥¥ n/a WA¥¥¥ n/a (optional) exclusion exclusion exclusion exclusion exclusion
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