Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026

Summary

This measure tightens rules around online gambling by amending the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, targeting how betting and gaming websites operate in Australia. It likely introduces stricter licensing requirements, stronger protections against problem gambling, and clearer limits on what kinds of online gambling are allowed — such as sports betting, poker, or casino games. For everyday Australians, this means online gambling sites will face tougher standards around advertising, age verification, and helping people who develop gambling problems, while the changes also affect operators who offer these services by increasing their compliance obligations and potential penalties for breaking the new rules.

What happens at this stage

The final vote in this chamber on the bill as a whole, after all amendments have been considered. If it passes, the bill moves to the other chamber to go through the same process. If both chambers have already agreed to identical text, the bill proceeds directly to Royal Assent.

Next: The other chamber, which runs the same process from First Reading, or Royal Assent if both chambers have already agreed