UK adds Tasmania to gambling white list
16th January, 2008
The UK's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has placed Tasmania on its white list of jurisdictions that are allowed to advertise remote gamblingservices in the UK.
Tasmania, an island off the south-eastern Australian coast, now joins Alderney and the Isle of Man as the only jurisdictions outside the European Economic Area to gain advertising rights.
In recognition of the UK Gambling Commission's tight regulations that protect transparency and legitimacy in the industry, Antigua and Barbuda both had their requests to be put on the list rejected.
Commenting on her island's failed application, Antigua director of gaming Kaye McDonald told the Antigua Sun that the negotiations were ongoing and the Caribbean island would continue to work closely with the UK government.
She added: "[We were] still in the process of submitting information in support of the application when we got a notice that they were going to be putting out this release - so we were a little taken aback by that."
Casino gamblingin the UK has become increasingly popular over the past few months, even in spite of the government scrapping plans for Las Vegas-style supercasinos.
