UK Bans Gambling Advertisement

It looks like online gambling in the UK isn't as safe as we thought.

The British government has dealt a blow to around a thousand gambling websites after it banned them from advertising in the UK. The government determined that despite the firms having been granted licences to run internet poker and casino websites, the offshore countries in which they were based do not have stringent enough regulations.

Accordingly, from September onwards any online firm based in gaming hotspots such as Costa Rica, the Netherlands Antilles and Belize will not be able to market in the UK, which will prevent well-known sites including Betfred Casino and Littlewoodscasino.com from advertising online, on TV, and in papers and magazines.

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Posted by Russell Miner at August 14, 2007 8:57 AM