Tournament Satellites at Risk in UK
December 20th, 2007
The UK Gambling Commission has advised operators that offering seats at foreign poker tournaments as prizes in the UK may be illegal under section 331 of the gambling Act 2005, which came into effect on September 1st of this year.
“It has come to the Commission’s attention that a number of operators are offering places at overseas poker tournaments as prizes in UK based competitions,” the commission said in its statement.
The commission cited the example of a poker tournament played either at a UK Casino or online, which offered the winner the chance to play in a cash prize tournament held outside the UK.
In the Commission’s view, “the offering of such a prize amounts to advertising of non-UK gambling, as defined by section 327 of the Gambling Act 2005. Unless the overseas tournament is based in the European Economic Area, Gibraltar, or in white-listed jurisdictions, the advert is likely to amount to the advertising of “foreign gambling”, which constitutes an offence under section 331 of the Gambling Act 2005.”
The commission warned operators to take steps to ensure that any advertising which they are responsible for complies with the requirements of the Gambling Act 2005.
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