Kahnawake Antigua Form Jurisdictional Pact

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission has begun to fight back after being left out in the cold when the provincial government agency responsible for gambling in Quebec announced it was getting into the online gambling and casino business.
The Kahnawake Gaming Commission together with the regulatory body that oversees gambling operations in the Caribbean islands of Antigua and Barbuda are to form a unique "inter-jurisdictional" alliance, they jointly announced recently.
General counsel for the Kahnawake commission, Murray Marshall, said the formal pact, would facilitate licence holders being hosted on servers in either jurisdiction, adding, "It made sense for us to work together,"
Antigua and Barbuda were designated a white-list jurisdiction in 2008, which allows its clients to advertise their online brands in Britain. The Kahnawake-Antigua
memorandum of understanding clarified that it would not allow Kahnawake's licence holders to advertise in Britain. Mr. Marshall, commented, "Antigua's white list is only a benefit to Antigua's licensees,"
The pact between Kahnawake and the Financial Services Regulatory Commission of Antigua and Barbuda does not involve any financing but it is important alliance between the two divergent jurisdictions.
According to the Montreal Gazette newspaper, gambling regulators do have inter-jurisdictional information-sharing agreements, but this "first of its kind" agreement provides for an unprecedented 'degree of flexibility' for licensing and hosting needs, Marshall was quoted as mentioning.
Aboriginal gambling operations have been overlooked and basically left alone as far as the laws of the country are concerned. Native gambling operations are separate from what the Federal government allows everyone else to do. A recent article in a U.S. gaming law journal suggested that the Canadian government should provide some legal framework for aboriginal gambling. The Kahnawake, Antigua pact will go a long way to expand on the dialogue between jurisdictions and regulators. Benefits all round for licensees and operators Kahnawake, has an abundance of experience in the business of regulating the online gambling industry.