Australian Influencer with 800K+ Followers Tied to Offshore Crypto Platform

The Guardian, a prominent British media outlet with a well-established anti-gambling streak, has reported on an Australia-focused influencer who may have been skirting the country’s gambling rules by promoting an offshore online casino.

Instagram Influencer Suggests Not to Pay Rent and Gamble Instead

According to the media, an online streamer identified as Dinah, who has 820,000 followers on Instagram, has been flagged in dozens of reports to Meta, the company that owns Instagram, Facebook, and other messaging and social media apps.

These reports were left without a subsequent action, the Guardian wrote, arguing that the streamer was pushing unauthorized gambling content locally. The media investigated Dinah’s online accounts and came to various messages tying her account to one specific casino.

“Why pay rent when you can just double it,” one video caption awkwardly read, meant to suggest that by not paying rent, and spending the money on gambling instead, people stood to double the amount. 

Dinah was seen to sport the branding of the casino in question across multiple videos – sometimes subtly, and other times brazenly. The Guardian’s Australian branch had been reached by at least one user who provided screenshots of 10 separate posts by Dinah pushing the crypto casino and app onto its followers.

Many of these instances have been reported to Meta, but the platform returned replies that there had been no breach of rules. 

Recent Reuters reporting suggested that Meta has indeed made efforts to lessen its dependence on fraudulent ads, but has chosen to move at a timid pace due to the fact that these ads still generate significant revenue for the platform. 

Meta Has Been Warned Many Times Now

The Guardian was unable to reach and communicate with Meta on the specific case of Dinah. Meta has already been known for skirting local gambling rules, as attested by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, which has already issued warnings to the platform.

In a statement, ACMA accused the platform of promoting illegal gambling ads and urged it to take action. Tim Miller, the UKGC executive director, recently spoke at ICE Barcelona 2026 and said that cooperation with the company, i.e., Meta, has been difficult.

ACMA has confirmed, however, that the brand in question has already collaborated and has introduced measures designed to curb players from Australia.