The Howard government will seek to ban betting on the Internet, claiming the country has a gambling problem.
The federal government will allow online sports betting and lotteries to continue, but says it will extend an Internet gambling ban to offshore operators.
Search engines with Australian domains, including Google, are being investigated by authorities for possible breach of interactive gambling laws, which carries a maximum penalty of AU$1.1 million per day for corporations.
Federal Government plans to review interactive gambling legislation, in a bid to measure its effectiveness.
Tabcorp announced it will launch a self-exclusion service on Monday that allows gambling addicts to ban themselves from accessing their Internet or phone betting accounts.
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