Grosvenor=No Aussies

[jetset]

[QUOTE=macpomme;164573]To be frank yes I can. Australia being a first world jurisdiction, with extradition treaties in place with the majority of first and second world countries, with both Federal and some State law that addresses online gambling does represent a risk to online gambling operations that have public faeces.QUOTE

That sure is an interesting perspective....I hadn't thought of Australian enforcement going outside of Australia to pursue non-Aussie companies for offering online gambling to Australians.

I'd still like to hear from RankInteractive.

[RankInteractive]

Hi,

Just to clarify Blue Square Casino and Grosvenor Casinos don't allow Australian players, and both casinos don't allow players from predominantely the same jurisdictions. Differences between the lists only arise due to the software platform, i.e. Playtech and WagerWorks both have their own differing compliance requirements.

The reason why we don't accept players from Australia is mainly due to the reasons that macpomme mentioned earlier. As we are part of a large publicly traded company, we felt that it was too much of a risk to allow player's from Australia, this is also one of the reasons why we have never accepted players from the USA.

The decision not to allow Australian players was also made a good few years ago, when we also had land based interests within Australia, and when Grosvenor Casino was trading under the Hard Rock brand.

I hope that this answers your queries, but if there is anything else that you'd like to know, I'll endeavour to do my best.

Thanks,

Steven Humphries
Casino Product Manager
Rank Interactive Development