BRITISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES GAMBLING AD WHITE LIST

10 August 2007

Isle of Man and Alderney acceptable, but not others

According to a British government "white list" issued this week, gambling companies licensed in jurisdictions such as the Isle of Man and Alderney are acceptable as UK advertisers, but others - including the Canadian Alexander First Nation, Tasmania and Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles - are not.

The status of the Kahnawake enclave in Quebec, Canada and the Caribbean island of Antigua is still under consideration by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, whilst "jurisdictions" such as Belize and Costa Rica did not bother to apply, and operators in those areas are automatically banned from advertising in the UK.

The bans are part of a UK government crackdown on the advertising of gambling sites which do not meet its regulatory standards.

The UK Culture Minister, James Purnell said: “I make no apology for banning adverts from websites operating from places that don’t meet our strict standards. Protection is my number one priority. The fact that only Alderney and Isle of Man have been able to meet the high standards demanded from our white listing criteria shows how tough the Gambling Act is.”

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