WILL ALDERNEY EXHIBIT AT GIGSE?

16 March 2007

Spokesman for regulator seems doubtful

Channel islands online gambling regulator Alderney seems to be feeling the chill of the US Unlawfiul Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and the predations on Internet gambling of US Department of Justrice officials, judging by doubtful comments attributed to the regulator's spokesman this week.

Clearly pleased with the interest shown in Alderney as a licensing jurisdiction during the International Casino Exhibition in London in January, the Head of E-Commerce Development, Robin Le Prevost is quoted by portal Gambling 911 as expressing some doubts about the level of participation at the GIGSE scheduled for Montreal in June.

Explaining that Alderney has not yet decided on its "level of participation" at the upcoming Montreal event, long a favourite meeting place for the industry, Le Prevost said: "We have not yet confirmed our level of participation at GIGSE for this year, it has always been a great event but with the recent issues in the US we are not that certain how popular it will be at this time. Almost certainly I will be going even if we don’t take an exhibition stand and hope to be able to give a presentation on the jurisdiction and of course meet with potential licensees. We are planning a major presence at EIG in Barcelona this autumn which I think has a great chance to become as big as GIGSE once was - building on the opportunities for Europe.

"Other events we will attend are Macau in April and probably in June also the CAC event in Amsterdam in early May."

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