There are no age restrictions for gambling in video games, despite potential risks to children
- Written by Joshua Krook, Doctoral Candidate in Law, University of Adelaide
Gambling via mobile devices or mobile games has remained largely unregulated in Australia.Shutterstock
According to a 2018 report by Digital Australia, 97% of Australian households with children have at least one device for playing video games. More than 60% of households have five or more devices.
Since the early 2000s, the boom in mobile...