On 13 June 2017, the Senate referred the following matters to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report.

(a) the participation of Australians in online poker;

(b) the nature and extent of any personal or social harms and benefits arising from participating in online poker; and

(c) whether the current regulatory approach, in particular, the recently amended Interactive Gambling Act 2001, is a reasonable and proportionate response to those harms and benefits