UK Gambling Commission Shut Out

January 27, 2008

The UK Gambling Commission has chosen to shut out two very large online gambling groups from advertising in the UK via their white list. Both the Mohawk Council of the Kahnawake in Canada and the country of Antigua were told no, and will not be able to join the list.

Antiguan Director of Gaming Kaye McDonald said that they were disappointed in the commission’s decision, but they were hopeful that they might gain admittance to the list in the future. If they did, they would be joining countries such as Alderney, Isle of Man, Tasmania and the European Economic Area countries on the exclusive list.

McDonald says that they don’t know if they need to reapply because they were in the process of applying when they were told that they would not be getting on the list. They think it has to do with a decision being made to the advertisers so they are going to continue with the online gambling advertising application that they had already started to submit.

However, Kahnawake is considering legal action against the commission. They say that because of their “long standing reputation as the world leader in [online gambling] Internet regulatory compliance and enforcement” they don’t know why they would not be afforded the same considerations as Tasmania considering they don’t have the same history or safeguards that Kahnawake does.

They say that they want to know the process that was taken when considering their application as they do not feel that it was a fair process and that they were somehow discriminated against. They say that their recent troubles with Absolute Poker notwithstanding, they have an almost impeccable record when it comes to online gambling.




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