The Credit Ban at Two Years: Section 15C of the Interactive Gambling Act, the ACMA's Powers and the Review Now Due
Last reviewed: 8 October 2026. Since 11 June 2024, an Australian licensed online wagering service has been prohibited from accepting payment by credit card, linked credit account or digital currency from a customer physically present in Australia. The rule sits in section 15C of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, as amended by the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Act 2023, and the ACMA enforces it. As at the date above, the statutory review the amending Act requires after two years of operation is due, and this analysis does not assume its outcome. What the federal provision actually does Before the 2023 amendment, section 15C already restricted credit in interactive wagering, but it carried a carve out: payment by way of an independently issued credit card was permitted. The amending Act removed those words from section 15C(1)(b)(ii) and 15C(3)(b) and replaced section 15B with a provision headed "Credit must not be provided to customers of certain in...