Caruso August 27th, 2008
This is a follow up to my Alderney Gambling Control Commission article.
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To date I have emailed the above article to both an AGCC lawyer to whom I spoke while researching the matter (at his request), and also the general contact address of the AGCC. On neither occassion did I receive any response.
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Since the government has whitelised Alderney as an acceptable jurisdicion for advertising priviledges in the UK, I thought it might be useful to inform the relevant parties of the situation as described in my article. As such, I emailed the following to both the DCMS and the Gambling Commission:
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Dear Sirs,
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I am emailing this to both the DCMS and the Gambling Commission, as I am unsure who is the most appropriate recipient. I am also sending a copy to the AGCC.
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Regarding the matter of the whitelisting of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission:
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http://www.culture.gov.uk/what…../3310.aspx
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The whitelist entitles operators under these jurisdictions to advertise in the United Kingdom.
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The Alderney Gambling Control Commission recently issued a decision on a dispute between a player and an Alderney operator, one PKR Casino. I have written an article on the matter to which I’ll provide a link at the bottom of this email at which you will be able to access all relevant details. However, in summary: the AGCC found in favour of the operator, where the operator had confiscated funds from a player who had not broken any rules. The AGCC confirmed, in its findings, that the player had not broken any rules, but maintained that the operator was entitled to withhold funds notwithstanding.
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This has set a precedent for all players of Alderney-based online gambling operations, a precedent which effectively ensures that no player funds, legitimately earned through a strict observance of all rules, are safe, on the basis that the AGCC will not require their licensees to enforce payment under such conditions; moreover, they will support their licensees’ right to confiscate such legitimately-earned funds.
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These casinos, under the jurisdiction of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, have full entitlement to advertise in the United Kingdom, and as such, the funds of United Kingdom residents can be, and have already been, put in what is surely to be considered unacceptable jeopardy.
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My article can be read here:
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(link as above)
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What is your stance on the granting of advertising priviledges to a licencing jurisdicion, such as Alderney, which does not require that its licensee operators pay their players in full, where those players have broken no rules and have as such fullfilled all rules of the written contract? Is it acceptable that players in the UK be placed in the jeopardy that the Alderney jurisdiction represents? Can whitelist priviledges be revoked under such circumstances?
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Yours Faithfully,
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Etc
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To date, the Gambling Commission has informed me it’s none of their business, and I have heard nothing from the DCMS.
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Both legal and general support departments of the Alderney Gambling Control Commission have failed to respond to any of my emails.
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This, good people, is “governmental regulation”.
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This is what the citizens of the United States Of America can expect of their “regulators”, if and when online gambling gets legalised in their country.
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Let’s hope it never happens, for their sake.
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