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8 June 2007

Rank Interactive turns away online players from the land downunder

Taking many players by surprise this week was the news that Australian resident online gamblers are being turned away by the Blue Square and Grosvenor Casino online gambling sites in the UK Rank Interactive group.

It has long been common knowledge that Australian federal law prohibits the offering of online gambling to Australian residents by Australian based online gambling sites, but most did not believe that this applied to companies domiciled elsewhere. Australian based online casinos such as Lasseters and Centrebet offer their betting products widely outside Australia.

A Rank Interactive representative confirmed the ban, revealing that the decision not to allow Australian players was made a good few years ago, when the group had land based interests within Australia, and when Grosvenor Casino was trading under the Hard Rock brand.

"Just to clarify, Blue Square Casino and Grosvenor Casinos don't allow Australian players," he said.

"The reason why we don't accept players from Australia is that as part of a large publicly traded company, we felt that it was too much of a risk to allow players from Australia; this is also one of the reasons why we have never accepted players from the USA."

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