PayID itself is a bank-account address with a name check before you send, but the scheme is blunt about gambling: its own page says that if you are asked to transfer money via PayID on illegal gambling sites, this is a scam. None of the pokies sites covered here names PayID in its own payment terms. The scheme's wording is quoted below, then the count from the operators' documents.
What the source itself publishes
The best part about paying to a PayID is that you'll be shown the name linked to the PayID before you hit send, helping protect you from fraud, scams, and mistaken payments.
When you use PayID to make a payment, you will see the name connected to that PayID before you confirm the transaction. This step helps you avoid sending money to the wrong person. It may also help protect you from fraud and scams.
'Scambling' is slang for illegal online gambling platforms advertised on social media and messaging apps that trick people to visit a scam website to participate in gambling. If you are asked to transfer funds to a PayID on an illegal gambling site, it is almost certainly a scambling website. Contact your financial institution if you think you've been 'scambled'.
This clause explains that 'scambling' refers to illegal gambling sites promoted through social media or messaging apps, which may deceive people into sending money to scam websites. If you are asked to send funds via PayID on an illegal gambling site, it likely involves such a scam. If you think you have been affected, you should contact your financial institution.
If you are being asked to transfer money via PayID on illegal gambling sites, this is a scam.
If someone asks you to send money using PayID on illegal gambling sites, the clause states this is a scam. This means you should be cautious about transferring money in these situations.
You cannot win money from these sites, or get your money back if you have been 'scambled.
If you use these sites, you cannot win money. If you have been scammed, you cannot get your money back.
PayID and the New Payments Platform, https://payid.com.au/, read 17 September 2026.
What the Act says
What the Act calls a prohibited service, for context on who may take the payment
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a prohibited interactive gambling service is a gambling service, where: (a) the service is provided in the course of carrying on a business; and (b) the service is provided to customers using any of the following: (i) an internet carriage service; (ii) any other listed carriage service; (iii) a broadcasting service; (iv) any other content service; (v) a datacasting service.
Section 5 of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, compilation in force on 14 October 2024, on legislation.gov.au, pulled 7 September 2026.
How many of these sites name PayID in their own terms
Of the 10 sites covered here, 3 bring a list of payment methods into our table at all, and 0 name PayID in it. The other 7 publish no method list we could pull, which is a gap in our copy rather than a statement about the operator.
What this does not settle
The scheme's page describes PayID in general and warns about illegal gambling sites, but names no operator, and a bank may still decline a transfer for its own reasons. Nothing here is advice about moving money.
Licence status in Australia
None of the sites on this page about the PayID scheme names an Australian licence; each is an offshore operator as far as Australian law is concerned. The Interactive Gambling Act 2001 and the ACMA's powers under it are quoted on our law page. Amounts are quoted as each operator prints them; nothing is converted to A$.
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