Sportsbet pays largest fine by ACMA for spam law breaches
Betting company Sportsbet has paid a $2.5 million infringement notice and has committed to refund customers around $1.2 million after breaching Australia’s spam laws.
An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found Sportsbet sent more than 150,000 marketing text messages and emails to over 37,000 consumers who had tried to unsubscribe. Sportsbet also sent over 3,000 marketing texts that had no unsubscribe function.
