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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?
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Originally Posted by Rusty
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