GTA Online In-Game Gambling Suddenly Disabled in Australia
Players can still enter the casino, but Rockstar has disabled poker, roulette and slots after Australia’s crackdown on online gambling.
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GTA Online In-game Gambling Suddenly Disabled in Australia
Rockstar has unexpectedly blocked in-game gambling features in GTA Online for players accessing the game from Australia. Australians are no longer able to activate gambling mini-games in GTA Online’s Diamond Casino, including blackjack, slots, poker, roulette, or the Inside Track horse racing mode. The free-to-spin lucky wheel is also disabled.These minigames were previously operating in Australia for the last seven years, since the establishmen…
GTA Online Casino Gambling Banned in Australia
Rockstar Games has blocked Australian GTA Online players from gambling at the Diamond Casino. The restriction reportedly follows the Australian government’s recent crackdown on online gambling, despite Grand Theft Auto Online featuring fictional casino chips rather than direct real-money wagers. GTA Online Casino Gambling Blocked for Australian Players Reports of Australian players not being able […] The post GTA Online Casino Gambling Banned in…
Australia is fighting against the gambling mechanics in Grand Theft Auto Online. And so the country is not alone. In the meantime, almost 50 countries have already disabled the features for gambling in GTA Online. Blackjack, slot machines, poker, roulette or the horse racing mode can no longer be started in these regions. read more
GTA Online in-game gambling reportedly blocked in Australia, leaving folks down under locked out of Diamond Casino games
GTA Online players in Australia have reportedly found themselves suddenly barred from the litany of in-game gambling minigames found in Los Santos' Diamond Casino, with the change seemingly the result of developers Rockstar adding the country to their list of places where access to such minigames is restricted.
Video game gambling gets the government axe in Australia
Seemingly overnight, GTA Online players in Australia have been barred from engaging with any of the games on offer in the video game title’s virtual Diamond Resort Casino venue. Users took to Reddit to report that they are no longer able to play in the casino, which as a side note only accepts virtual in-game currency. While this currency can be purchased with real-life money, it is designed to be spent within the limits of GTA Online and on ev…
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