“Victorian gambling providers must comply with their responsible gambling codes of conduct,” commission chief executive Scott May said on Tuesday.

“They exist to protect people from gambling harm. Even if accepting bets online, providers must monitor for and intervene when customers are displaying indicators of distress.

“Gambling for an extended period is a key indicator of distress that may indicate problem gambling.

“There are serious consequences for any gambling provider that fails to comply with their own responsible gambling code of conduct. We won’t tolerate it.”

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Australia’s largest corporate bookmaker, Sportsbet, was fined more than $13,000 in May last year over its failure to intervene when a new customer went on a 24-hour betting spree in 2019.

The Northern Territory Racing Commission found Sportsbet had allowed one of its customers to deposit more than $15,000 over a 24-hour period less than a week after the customer opened their betting account in October 2019.

The commission found Sportsbet failed to intervene until the customer reached the group’s “red flag” threshold of depositing more than $20,000 in a single month, a milestone he reached the week he opened the account.

The customer lodged a complaint against Sportsbet in the hope the Northern Territory Racing Commission would find that all or some of the bets they placed between October 1 and October 6 were unlawful, so the wagerer would have to return some or all of the monies back to them.

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