Inside Asian Gaming

IAG APR 2022年4月 亞博匯 76 T he prohibition of online poker goes some way to revealing the sometimes slipshod and outdated gambling policy settings in Australia. On one view, policy approaches in Australian jurisdictions can be resistant to nuance and innovation, lack rigor and cogency and where aggravated by politicization, precipitate binary unsophisticated thinking and regulation, and blunt interventions. Looking ahead, perhaps more worrying is the risk of policy approaches motivated by tainted or shallow analysis, unsupported by adequate assessment of merits and trade-offs, and undermined by limited, if any, monitoring and independent evaluation. The complexity of the industry and regulation of the sector is belied by uninterested politicians and bureaucracy arguably unprepared to create the conditions for sector innovation, vitality and leadership and while effectively managing commercial and harm prevention tensions to foster a sustainable, vibrant industry COLUMNISTS