November 14
In Jamaica, the online casinos gambling case that has gained much attention from online casinos enthusiasts has been thrown out of court.
Spiros Athanas, whose Montego Bay based online casinos group was shutdown last year for violations of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC) Act, is now free to restart online casino wagering as long as he does not take wagers from local areas.
The BGLC's case against the online casino owner came to an end and all 8 charges were dropped when the prosecution's main witness Michael Surridge failed to give testimony against the defense in the online casinos case.
In 2004, the BGLC shutdown Athanas' Montego Bay Free Zone operation on the would be basis that he was taking wagers improperly on the Net and toll-free numbers that were international. .
In the beginning, the online casinos wagering company was given a license to operate a telemarketing business from the free zone, but branched out into online casino gambling, taking wagers from around the world, including Jamaica.
With so many grey areas when it comes to the legalities of online casinos and their operations, it is amazing that court waste the local tax payers money by taking these cases to court when they know they will not be won.
