UK Online Gambling Conference In October?
Published: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
UK ONLINE GAMBLING CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER?
It looks as if the UK authorities are closing in on an October date
According to a report in the Financial Times, October could be the date for the
UK government's much anticipated summit on UK gambling reform.
Quoting Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, the British politician who oversees
this portfolio the FT says that she aims to host a summit in October to try to
get international agreement on a new code of practice.
Britain hopes to persuade offshore gambling centres that are reaping the lion's
share of the explosion in online gambling, such as Gibraltar, the Cayman Islands,
the Turks and Caicos Islands, Antigua and Costa Rica to agree to new internationally
consistent controls on the sites.
Jowell says that her government plans to invite the International Monetary
Fund and World Trade Organisation, along with ministers from all the
main offshore gambling jurisdictions.
