November 5, 2018
Last week’s report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) claiming success in stamping out unlicensed online gambling operations (see previous report) has been challenged by Joseph Del Duca, who heads the Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA). Del Duca says that the vacuum left by operators warned off by the regulator is being filled […]
August 4, 2017
The Participation of Australians in Online Poker parliamentary inquiry this week saw a delegation representing the Australian Online Poker Alliance give evidence before the Senate panel tasked with the investigation. Led by AOPA founder and leader Joseph Del Duca, the delegation appealed to the members of the inquiry not to ban online poker along with […]
July 15, 2017
Australian online poker fans are being urged by the Australian Online Poker Alliance action group to make submissions in support of legalised online poker to a Senate panel tasked with making recommendations to the federal government on the issue of whether online poker should be included in blanket online gambling bans. The possibility of such […]
March 4, 2017
The newly formed Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) reported back this week on the remarkable progress it has made in the short time since its formation to fight federal government changes to the Interactive Gambling Act that could see online poker banned in the country. Founder and energetic driver Joseph Del Duca has initiated a […]
January 24, 2017
The threat that amendments to the federal Australian Interactive Gaming Act aimed at stopping in-play action could spill over into an online poker ban has motivated Aussie players to form an action group in support of the game. Titled Australian Online Poker Alliance, the group membership has reportedly grown rapidly in just a month since […]