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.
- On Tuesday, Rockstar Games blocked Australian players from gambling at the Diamond Casino within Grand Theft Auto Online, preventing access to blackjack, slots, poker, roulette, and the Lucky Wheel.
- The sudden restriction follows the Australian government's recent crackdown on online gambling, ending seven years of access since the casino's 2019 launch in The Diamond Casino & Resort update.
- Restrictions extend to the Inside Track horse racing mode, which players can no longer access despite the game offering no mechanism to convert in-game chips into real-world cash.
- Frustrated users took to social media to vent, with one Reddit user calling the ban "CRIMINAL" while others questioned why virtual gambling is restricted while real-world sports betting remains heavily promoted.
- Australia now joins around 50 countries where casino features are restricted, including Portugal and South Korea, causing players to fear similar limitations in the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 multiplayer mode.
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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…
GTA Online’s casino gambling games have been quietly blocked in Australia
For some time now, Grand Theft Auto Online players have been able to enter the in-game Diamond Casino for a few reasons, one of which being the ability to play various gambling games. However, that is no longer an option for players in Australia, as Rockstar Games appears to have silently shut the activity off without […]
Grand Theft Auto Online's casino and gambling has been banned in Australia
There goes the dream of Australians winning a brand-new car. Grand Theft Auto Online has removed its gambling features for Australian players, as it appears new online safety laws have forced the ban hammer down on the Diamond Casino & Resort. That's the current speculation, at least, as through the GTA Forums and social media players have discovered they can no longer access the gambling machines, game tables, and Lucky Wheel at the Diamond Ca…
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