KAHNAWAKE gets thumbs down.

[Rusty]

The UK Goverment has given the Kahnawake reservation application to be whitelisted a thumbs down.

(Whitelist is an informal term used to describe those jurisdictions that have succeeded in their application to advertise their online casinos in the UK)

From the Gambling commission;

4. Whitelisting announcement



The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has now confirmed that Tasmania will be added to the ‘Whitelist’ of countries or jurisdictions allowed to advertise remote gambling in the UK as if it were an EEA state. This decision follows a reconsideration of Tasmania’s application after the introduction of amending legislation to their tax regime. A full assessment of their application was made to ensure it met the Government’s ‘Whitelisting’ criteria published in January 2007.



Regulations have been laid in Parliament and will come into effect in 21 days time on 31 January 2008. After this date, gambling operators licensed in Tasmania will be able to advertise their remote gambling services in the United Kingdom.



After careful assessment of their representations against the published criteria, the Secretary of State has also decided not to whitelist Kahnawáke (Canadian reservation) or Antigua


I wonder what that assessment was?

Here is a possible clue;
Part of the criteria for a successful application is that
"Any jurisdiction outside of the EEA and Gibraltar must demonstrate that they have a satisfactory regulatory regime in place."

Perhaps a little mischievous as there other possible reasons but what reason would be good one?

[Casinomeister]

Thanks Rusty for this.

I'd like to know if there were specific reasons behind this (the Kahnawake thing)

I'm definitely not surprised, Kahnawake...no matter their good intentions or server capabilities, they are not very useful when it comes to player grievances. I would expect this with some newbie jurisdiction, but these guys have been around since day one.

[jetset]

This story is just out in the Gambling Commission's newsletter, and will undoubtedly evoke much industry comment and perhaps not a little player satisfaction, given the lack of player sensitivity and some of the decisions the Kahnawake and Antigua jurisdictions have made over the years.

Antigua was pretty confident about their chances of getting a whitelisting in their national publicity attempts last year, and this will probably be an unexpected blow for them. The Kahnawakes probably don't give a stuff, unless it impacts on their licencing revenues.

I'm not sure how many more changes of licencing jurisdiction this announcement will trigger ....I think a lot of companies have already switched to the EEA and other whitelisted authorities.

[Rusty]

Brian could you correct my spelling in the headline please.
Thanks

I have written to the gambling commisison asking if it is possible to get some more specific information regarding this as there are many Casinos under the Kahnawake umbrella.
I know many people already know of their bad reputation but when the UK Government is turning them down then it is time to take notice.

[NASHVEGAS]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Brian could you correct my spelling in the headline please.
Thanks

Never knew how to spell it anyway....hardly anyone prolly would have known it was wrong and I still do not,LOL!

[Casinomeister]

Kah-na-wa-ke.

It's easy.

http://www.kahnawake.com/gamingcommission/

[lots0]

I wonder how much the Absolute Poker cheating scandal had to do with this decision?

[Casinomeister]

Originally Posted by lots0

I wonder how much the Absolute Poker cheating scandal had to do with this decision?

I would guess not too much since the UK Gaming Commission began their review some time ago. But it may be a factor.

My guess it's politics. Even though the Queen is on their (the Mohawks) money, they don't get in. Boo hoo.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by lots0

I wonder how much the Absolute Poker cheating scandal had to do with this decision?

Hard to say but I think everybody should know that by playing at a Casino licensed by Kahnawake the games may or may not be fair but either way the Kahnawake gaming commission couldn't care less.

The fight continues...

[jetset]

http://www.macleans.ca/business/comp..._108176&page=3