| GamblingPhD menu | Malta New Hangout For Online Casinos
September 10, 2007 It is good that someone benefited from the passing of the UK Gambling Act on September 1st, as Malta continues to reel them in. The little island is watching them come in droves to their little haven, and they aren�t turning anyone away. Upon the announcement from the UK government changing the Act and the way that online gambling is handled in their country, many online casinos felt the need to relocate.
Many of them headed over to Malta long before the Act actually came into effect so as to basically beat the ban. The act only permits online gambling companies in EEA and approved �white list� areas such as Alderney to advertise on United Kingdom TV, radio, or any other form of media. Any online gambling company that wants to advertise basically had to leave the country.
Malta now has 84 different iGaming firms with licenses on the island, and 76 others have received letters of intent. They also have 36 other online gambling companies that are waiting to see how they fared on their license applications. More than 27 international online gambling companies are in the process of moving their operations to Malta.
Big names like Playboy Casino, Virgin Games, William Hill and Intercasino are all gearing up to move to Malta. Experts say that they are the �natural hub� of online gambling now. |
