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New Government Not So Lenient on Online Casinos

General opinion seems to agree that the British government has an entirely different position on online casino and land-based gambling in the country. The former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, was responsible for a surge in internet and land-based companies servicing the UK, but now that the new Prime Minister is beginning to weigh in on the previously approved issues, he may just turn the country back around. Though Brown is not against online casinos inherently, he did comment unfavorably recently on the Manchester supercasino.

And now the British government may change its mind about online casino and internet betting advertisements as well. Regulations in the UK are fairly lenient as of now, but the Culture Secretary, James Purnell is apparently more a fan of a stricter Code of Conduct than the gambling industry is supporting.

Specific discussions of relevance are the alleged secret talks between the British Department of Culture Media, and Sport (DCMS) and the various online casino and land-based gambling companies. Right now the betting industry makes bank with the advertisements during sports shows and events. But if the allegations are correct, the DCMS is pushing for a much more regulated advertisement structure. For example, online casinos and betting companies would not be able to run advertisements before 9pm. This is a major concern for the betting companies as sporting event advertising is lucrative and now would be out of the question.

Only time will tell just how far the new Prime Minister will go to scale back the previously approved legislation regarding land-based and online casinos and gambling companies, but in the past couple of months all signs are pointing to the fact that the PM plans at least some changes.