Australian Online Gambling Sites Compromised
Published: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 Online-Casinos.com
The New South Wales Australia Gaming and Racing Minister, Kevin Greene recently called on four of Australia's largest online gambling websites to end any association with a deceptive advertising website that uses unsavoury methods to gain internet attention.
Greene said the website www.bookmaker.com.au has been found to use bogus websites that redirect visitors to a gambling web page.
The bogus internet addresses are named to suggest they are places for the gambler to search for help with a gambling addiction or problems. Greene said,"This is an appalling tactic that appears to be intentionally designed to prey on vulnerable people in our society looking for help" Green added,"Not only do these websites seem to be places offering assistance to those with gambling problems, they immediately redirected people to a website promoting gambling services.
"This appears to be a disgusting attempt to cash in on the problems of others."
Greene contacted all of the Australian internet gambling firms advertising on the redirected website.
"I have asked these companies to have themselves removed from this website which they may not even be aware links to their own websites" "Each of these Australian companies are based in the Northern Territory and the websites that link to them clearly contravene advertising standards under the Northern Territory's Responsible Gambling Code.
"It is clear the quickest thing that these gambling companies can do is voluntarily remove themselves from the appalling site.
"Gambling problems are a serious issue for people and their families across Australia.
"The NSW Government's Responsible Gambling Fund invests more than $12 million a year on high-quality problem gambling counselling services, important research and education and awareness activities".Mr.Green said.
The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper broke the story with the headline,"Website preys on hooked punters" The bookmakers told the paper that the legit gambling web sites had either stopped any link or were looking into the matter.
