
Mobile giant Apple is being approached by South Australian premiere Jay Weatherill to ban play-money gambling apps for kids
Mobile technology giant Apple has always been ready to assist Australia and other governments to ban the launch of real-money online gambling apps. Now, one state is asking them to go a step further by preventing young ones from accessing even the play-money versions of gambling apps.
Apple agreeable
That’s the expressed term from South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill, who says that his federal government has recently contacted Apple about cooperating with the policy, which will make it an offense to provide gambling apps to minors. This move would make SA the first state or territory in Australia to pass such a law while online gambling apps have been a part of the larger conversation on gambling reform throughout Australia.
The ban would only be one part of a method aimed at keeping children from getting into play-money gambling a hobby that many believe can cause gambling that is real later in life.
‘Research indicates that very early exposure to gambling-like games may cause some children developing issue gambling habits later on in life,’ Weatherill said. ‘I won’t stand straight back and watch a new generation of gambling addicts emerge. So we intend to lead the country once more by firmly taking these steps.’
Rating System for Gambling Apps
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