Antigua misses out on UK “white list” license
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The United Kingdom declined this week to add either Antigua and Barbuda or the Canadian Kahnawake Mohawk Territory to its gambling advertisement white list.
The UK Gambling Commission did approve the previously rejected Tasmania for advertising in the UK, which Antigua Director of Gaming Kaye McDonald saw as hopeful news for the future of her country. “It is an ongoing process. We continue to work with the UK government” toward approval, she said. McDonald did not share the reasons for the rejection, saying they were confidential. “[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,” she said to the Antigua Sun.
“However, we understand that… they had to make a decision going forward so that advertisers know who they can engage in a contract, so they are not themselves breaking the laws. But that does not preclude us from going forward with our application.”
According to the UK Gambling Commission site, all the rules and regulations for licensing are set up to ensure the following of three principles: “keeping crime out of gambling, ensuring that gambling is fair and open, and protecting children and other vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling.” The extensive requirements devised to follow these principles are available under License Conditions and Codes of Practice.
