With the evolution and continued growth with online gambling, Clubs are faced with an imposing challenge to attract prospective gamblers into a social environment.

Knowing how easy it is to sit at home, order home delivery alcohol, place bets with your pay TV remote control, join an online casino and utilise the autoplay features with your credit card and even smoke in your own home all this without someone beside you constantly saying “you cant smoke here, you cant have any more to drink etc”.

On one hand, we have online activities and the other the continued change in Legislation requirements controlling the behaviour of social activities that are encouraging the general community to stay at home.

The Federal Government is currently undertaking submissions in relation to interactive online gambling. To date, there have been 56 submissions provided in which can be viewed here.

Below are 3 key submissions outlining the pros and cons of the prospective Legislation:

Clubs Australia Submission

NSW Government Submission

Telstra Online Submission

Read the "State of Play" story on the ABC Website about Online Gambling: http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/state-of-play/