The new ruling in that was put into force on September 1 now bans more than 1,000 gambling sites from advertising in the UK. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport state that the reason this rule was implemented is to control and stop unregulated gambling sites that work at attracting UK punters.
However sites located in UK, Europe and other ‘white list’ areas are permitted to advertise on TV, in print media and radio as long as they follow UK advertising rules. Those publishers, advertising companies and broadcasters who are found in breach face the liability of facing fines and imprisonment if they go against these advertising rules.
It is possible to be included in the white list only if companies prove that they follow a stringent regulatory regime. There is to be no excuses for banning adverts placed on websites that operate areas that don’t meet the strict standards of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
It is mainly because of the relaxation in current rules about adverts for gambling firms like betting shops and casinos that brought about this new legislation. Moreover recently released figures by Gambling Commission show that the number of people placing bets online in UK has recently increased.
However gambling sits located in the EU, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Norway, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, Alderney and other white-listed countries will still be permitted to advertise in UK.
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Mecca bingo are giving you the chance to win tickets to one of the up and coming spice girls concerts. The tickets are like gold dust and you would be mad not to try your luck over at mecca bingo.
Entering is simple, all you have to do is play in one of the spice girl themed chat games this week. The event is going to be staged at the O2 arena in London (previous the millenium dome), the lucky winner will also receive £250 spending money.
It has been ten years since the spice girls last toured, the 20,000 tickets to their December gig sold out in an amazing 38 seconds!
You have the chance to be at this amasing gig by playing chat games at Mecca between 7am and 8am, 12pm and 12pm, or 7pm and 8pm every day this week. Winners of the games will be asked to pick a number from one to 90. This number will generate either a sugar or a spice and if you get a spice you’ll be in the draw for the tickets!
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With the introduction of the UK Gambling Act on September 1st, the small island of Malta has found some good news for itself. This is because with this news, so far 27 international gaming companies have already decided to relocate its operations to this island.
Companies like Playboy Casino and Virgin Games have big plans of providing online poker and its casino services from the island Malta within a week’s time. So far, there are 84 iGaming firms found and working from Malta. However a letter of intent has been distributed to 76 other companies while 36 more companies are waiting to see the outcome of their license applications.
The Chief Executive of Lotteries Gaming Authority, Mario Galea in fact claims that with this move from the UK government, Malta has now become the natural hub of online gaming. With the introduction of the UK gambling Act of September 1st, 2005, many gaming companies have practically flocked to Malta.
With this law, it is only the gambling companies in EEA and other approved ‘white list’ areas like Alderney that are permitted to promote their services on UK TV, radio and other media forms.
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