Malta Fights Back

March 9, 2008

The Malta Remote Gaming Council or MRGC, has had enough of other countries reporting that online gambling in the country is “unregulated and unscrupulous.” They say that they have long been the black sheep of the online gambling industry and they say that not only is it unfair but it is categorically untrue.

They say that they are usually portrayed “in an alarmist and negative manner at odds with the facts” and that no one has done the necessary “research into the industry on the island, its regulation or its participants” to even make these sorts of statements. They say that once you look at the online gambling industry in the country, you will see that nothing could be farther from the truth.

They say that they have attracted so many remote gaming operators already because of their professional regulatory structure. They say that they also bring in a large amount of revenue for the Maltese economy. They ensure that every operator in the country follows the same rules and regulations that have been set out by the regulator, the Lotteries and Gaming Authority.

They say that they have a strict code of practice that everyone must adhere to or they are not allowed to participate. They say that they have a “detailed and comprehensive standards document” that will be completed later this year from the Malta Standards Authority and “other respected entities.”

They also point out that while age verification seems to be an issue in other countries, they already ensure that it is undertaken by all online gambling operators on the island, and that they have a series of software programs that search for the variables that pull attention to not only underage gamblers, but also criminal players and those that are likely to develop an online gambling problem.

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