Integrity in sports wagering in Australia
The development of the Australian Sports Wagering Scheme (ASWS) to streamline current processes and to provide clarity, transparency and consistency of the sports wagering regulatory regime at a national level was a recommendation of the Review of Australia’s Sports Integrity Arrangements (Wood Review).
In response, the Government agreed to consider this further and will work towards the development of an appropriate model for streamlined regulation following ongoing detailed consultation with stakeholders including, sports, Wagering Service Providers (WSPs) and state and territory regulators.
The ASWS is intended to establish a national approach to the regulation of sports wagering, including embedding robust sport integrity frameworks within sports and WSPs; establishing the requirements for information and intelligence gathering and sharing by key stakeholders, which includes the development of a suspicious alert scheme; and understanding the integrity threat environment and risks associated with sports wagering. As part of the design of the ASWS we are consulting widely and have formally engaged expert advisory groups.
Find out about the progress of the scheme and latest sports wagering integrity threats at Backing The Punt 2023.
