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Monday, January 14, 2008

Gambling Commission White List Rejections And Acceptances

Back in August I highlighted the legislation brought in by the 2005 Gambling Act in regards to online Bingo advertising. Since then there's been a lot of activity around the white listing of approved Bingo sites. Some operators have been applying for licensing in areas that are in the Gambling Commissions white list. Others have stayed put in their jurisdictions, expecting them to be granted white list status in the near future. The later of these strategies will have backfired for a number of sites this week as the The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that two of the larger jurisdictions have failed to make it onto the UK white list.

Kahnawáke and Antigua are the licensing base for a number of online Bingo sites including Cyber Bingo and sites in the Playtech network. Their licensing regime has not stood up to the scrutiny of the DCMS and has been refused white listing. We will have to see what happens to sites who have their base there. Not being white listed doesn't exclude them from being used by UK players, it merely stops those sites being able to advertise in the UK.

However, if these regions aren't good enough to be accepted by the UK Government, you have to wonder why any UK players would want to spend their time at such sites. I'm expecting a number of sites based in these non-white listed regions will now be forced to move into new jurisdictions that do allow the promotion and advertising to their target audiences.

In the same announcement via the Gambling Commissions fortnightly newsletter, Tasmania has made it onto the Government approved white list following improvements to it's taxation regime. Tasmania joins Alderney and The Isle Of Man as the third non EEA licensing jurisdiction on the white list.

There's also been news that the online Bingo software provider has been granted a license by the Gambling Commission to provide remote gaming in the UK. This makes them one of only 30 companies worldwide licensed to provide remote gaming in the UK. With their track record and excellent offering, it's not surprising they gained this license.

Posted at 11:32 PM |

1 Comments:

Anonymous BingoFriendsForever said...

I also think that those sites based on non-white listed regions won't have a chance and will be forced to move.

8:34 AM  

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