UK Government congratulated over Internet Gaming regulation proposals

Thursday, April 08, 2004

The pre-legislative scrutiny committee has congratulated the UK government on its decision to regulate the remote gambling industry within the UK and has agreed with its stance to allow operators to offer their services in other jurisdictions.

  • The committee�s stance will disappoint the USA, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden which were hoping that the report would recommend the remote operators not take bets from territories where online gambling is prohibited.
  • Instead the committee said: �We agree with the government�s vision of �a global market where a well-regulated British based industry is able to establish itself as a world leader� and would not generally consider it appropriate to prevent UK-based operators providing remote gambling services to non-UK customers"


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