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Abe Maddison

UNCOVERED: No penalty for bookmaker that targeted problem gamblers | History Defined

PointsBet sent more than 800 messages that breached Australia's e-marketing laws, ACMA found. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

An online bookmaker that sent hundreds of marketing messages to people on the self-exclusion register has avoided a financial penalty, but has paid a $500,000 fine for sending spam to customers.

PointsBet contravened laws relating to BetStop - the national self-exclusion register, by delaying closing accounts of customers who had registered and sending marketing messages to self-excluded people.

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