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SportingBet Trashes UK's Policy

As the online casino gambling and betting industry just continue to expand exponentially in the United Kingdom, it is no wonder that the British Government is having some setbacks in policy enforcement. Once the U.S. passed anti-online casinos legislation, many companies focused sole attention on the UK, and Europe. As a result, some companies feel that the UK not only has overly restrictive online gambling regulations, but that the government’s requirements are unclear.

SportingBet in particular is displeased with the UK’s gambling policy, and has protested the restrictions by moving the company to the Channel Islands. But the Chief Executive for SportingBet, Andrew McIver, is quick to note that the company did not want to have to move out of the UK, but they felt that they had to or else face hefty fines from the government for a problem they could not fix. So, as a way to avoid further fines, the online casino betting company paid the £10 million penalty and relocated.

McIver did not have extremely kind words for the Gambling Commission which oversees online casino gambling, sports betting, and land-based gambling. He comments on the reasons for the move. “We have computer systems that need to be updated. If we don't meet [the Gambling Commission] requirements by September we will be committing a criminal offence. The problem is we don't know what the requirements are. We don't want to leave this country - we never did - but we feel we have no choice. You only have to look at the way the super casino issue was handled.”