BBC - "US Gambling law flawed"

**Simmo!** · 27th October 2006, 02:31 PM

Tessa Jowell, UK Culture Secretary:

BBC NEWS | Politics | US gambling law flawed - Jowell

Its an intersting read. The Costarica.com comment is interesting and the last paragraph too:

Ms Jowell will be hosting a summit on online gambling next week, with politicians from 30 countries discussing how to achieve international regulations.

Jetset - do you know more on that?

What is interesting is the amount of prominent people starting to come out and attack this US law. Most have their own agendas, but nonetheless it's encouraging to see not everyone just blindly follows even when they think something is wrong. Tony.

**Casinomeister** · 27th October 2006, 02:44 PM

Here's a good one:

Costa Rica, the country which hosts the most internet gambling sites in the world, advertises its "lack" of regulation.

The website costarica.com says: "When you use an online casino based in Costa Rica you are playing at your own risk and you are at the mercy of the online casino's good faith to fulfil its representations.

"Casinos may decide at their own discretion not to pay what you have earned and there is no way you can collect those monies since it is illegal in Costa Rica to collect money based on gambling."

**Simmo!** · 27th October 2006, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Casinomeister

Costa Rica, the country which hosts the most internet gambling sites in the world

More than Kahnawake? I'd be surprised.

**GrandMaster** · 27th October 2006, 02:46 PM

Originally Posted by Simmo!

Tessa Jowell, UK Culture Secretary:

BBC NEWS | Politics | US gambling law flawed - Jowell

In contrast, all laws introduced by the Nu Labour government are perfect.

**The Watchdog** · 27th October 2006, 04:25 PM

Costa Rica, the country which hosts the most internet gambling sites in the world, advertises its "lack" of regulation

Some time ago some one made fun of me saying I was crazy to state something like this... WELL, IT'S TRUE.. Probably more than 350 sites established here.

Gambling sites in Costa Rica are not regulated, that is true. Never the less, be honest, how many sites endorsed by Kahnawake or Antigua suffer of thousands of complaints on a daily basis??

We are host to all types of gambling sites, from the biggest crooks to the wildest most experienced guys in the industry.

Pokerstars, BetCris, SBG, Sportsbook, BoDog, 5dimes, The Mains Street Vegas Group, Absolute Poker, Truepoker.com, Heritage,etc are some of the names which prove that there are good guys in this industry.

The above mentioned sites do not need endorsment (however some of them do have) from a jurisdiction to prove they are on the right business path.

Most huge operators here have become what they are by pure reliable and honest service. So there operation and backgroud speak for themselves.

**Tagdog** · 27th October 2006, 04:50 PM

Interesting article thanks, glad to see uk government is following blindly on this one!

**spearmaster** · 27th October 2006, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by The Watchdog

Some time ago some one made fun of me saying I was crazy to state something like this... WELL, IT'S TRUE.. Probably more than 350 sites established here.

The thread in question is here - http://www.casinomeister.com/forums/...its-crime.html

You claimed that CR represented a HUGE percentage of the online gambling industry - and that claim is, and continues to be, totally illogical.

No one argued the point that CR may have the most sites - because of its LACK of regulation - but you were making the claim that CR might represent more than 50% of the industry, and you were wrong, plain and simple.

No one made fun of you - they just pointed out inaccuracies in your claims.

**HateMG** · 27th October 2006, 08:24 PM

This story is posted on Yahoo Finance similar to BBC story.

Britain Attacks U.S. Online Gambling Ban: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

**noluckever67** · 27th October 2006, 08:55 PM

quite interested to read this story which sadly comes from a labour MP whos popularity is the equivelant as george bush atan al queda convention. you will find she is probably speaking from her own pocket as she prob lost a few � on partygaming shares and i assure you ALOT of uk MPs do not think like her they realise something had to be done and HAS to be done on the UK to regulate properly.

**dealer wins** · 28th October 2006, 01:33 PM

I only came across this site a couple of weeks ago and what has really SHOCKED me is the lack of regulation in this industry.

I personally only play at the "Big" uk bookies online sites but I was thinking of having a dabble in a few of the sites listed here.

There is absolutely NO WAY I am going to put a single penny into any site other than those that have a big UK land based presence (Bookies or casinos) after what Ive read on this board. The complaints section is so scary its nearly put me off my current sites.

I am a "smallish" online punter, depositing on average �200-�300 online for a session. If I ever felt the need to gamble it up with a �1000 or more I would be off to a real casino and wouldn't dare deposit and play that amount online.

This board has really opened my eyes to a quite frankly shocking lack of protection for players and I find it hard to believe anyone who is a member here would risk a significant amount of money in an online casino, even the "well respected ones"