{"id":90378,"date":"1999-12-31T00:43:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/aussie-court-cracks-down-on-online-betting-operation\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:43:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:43:00","slug":"aussie-court-cracks-down-on-online-betting-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/aussie-court-cracks-down-on-online-betting-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Court Cracks Down On Online Betting Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Court has found that Bet365&#8217;s Australian and UK companies engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct when offering &#8220;free&#8221; online bets to new customers, in proceedings brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission<\/p>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Bet365 is one of the world&#8217;s largest online betting providers. The ACCC claimed that Hillside Australia and Hillside UK between March 2013 and January 2014 had breached the rules with a promotion headed &#8220;$200 free bets for new customers&#8221;.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;Their relevant conduct was misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive and also involved the making of false representations,&#8221; Justice Beach has ruled.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">&#8220;The free bet offer was directed at new customers, which included inexperienced gamblers and young people.&#8221;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">Some of the conditions the ACCC was concerned about included a condition under which customers had to gamble a deposit and bonus three times before being able to withdraw any winnings. 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