On 13 June 2017, the Senate referred the following matters related to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 14 September 2017:

1. the participation of Australians in online poker;
2. the nature and extent of any personal or social harms and benefits arising from participating in online poker; and
3. 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.