Lavish travel and accommodation deals are there for the begging - but only as long as thousands of dollars worth of gambling chips are bought as well.

This comes as the state government forks out hundreds of thousands of dollars to provide local counselling for problem gamblers.

Only two weeks ago state MP Reba Meagher announced $264,905 in grants to local groups assisting gambling addicts and their families.

Casino Canberra has been running advertisements in a local Vietnamese-language newspaper, promoting a weekend courtesy bus from Cabramatta to the Australian capital, starting September 7.

For $60, the ad states, punters will be given a free noodle lunch, bus trip to Canberra, one night twin-share accommodation, free casino membership, free Asian lunch on Sunday, tour of Canberra and return trip home.

But according to Fairfield's only Vietnamese-speaking councillor, Thang Ngo (who translated the advertisement for the Champion) punters must `buy-in' to the casino for $1000.

Cr Ngo labelled the advertisement as "morally corrupt and potentially misleading" and has referred it to consumer watchdog, the ACCC.

"I believe this advertisement is misleading because of the full cost of this alleged tour of Canberra is a minimum of $1060 per person and not as the headline claims," Cr Ngo said.

He said it seemed the Vietnamese-Australian community had been specifically targeted.

"Research and community feedback has identified problem gambling as a major problem in the Vietnamese community," Cr Ngo said.

In the same issue of the newspaper, Cr Ngo said, there was another full-page advertisement for Wrest Point and Country Club casinos in Tasmania, telling local Vietnamese readers they will receive $500 in cash - if they buy $10,000 cash in chips.

Casino Canberra spokesman Peter Cursley acknowledged Cabramatta had been deliberately targeted for the casino's interstate promotion because the market would be more receptive.

"There's no point in promoting it to a market that was not interested," he told the Champion.

The NSW government introduced laws in April prohibiting the advertising of gambling.

But a spokesman for gaming minister Richard Face said these laws could not stop interstate venues from advertising locally.

Cr Thang Ngo demanded that the loophole be closed.