Volume III

Issue : 20: November 17, 2005

• Surveillance Software Maker Challenges Anti Spyware Company Based on Breach of Licensing Terms Agreement
• U.S. Court Suspends Enforcement of Video Game Law
• U.S. Government Intervenes in Blackberry Patent Fight
• Florida Court Orders Disclosure of Source Code for Software used in Breathalyzer Device
• UK Government Clamps Down on Internet Casino Advertising
• Grokster Settles Litigation and Shuts Down
• Amazon Receives Business Method Patent for Encouraging Customers to Provide Reviews
• Supreme Court of Canada Releases its Much Anticipated Decision in the Lego Trade mark Dispute

Home > Volume III > Issue 20: November 17, 2005 > UK Government Clamps Down on Internet Casino Advertising

UK Government Clamps Down on Internet Casino Advertising

The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) in the United Kingdom plans to target advertisers and publishers who sell or publish advertisements that offer inducements to online gambling, such as free entry to online tournaments or prizes.

UK laws prohibit such advertisements. However, the laws are difficult to enforce because many of the Internet casino operators who pay for the ads are based offshore and are not subject to UK law.

The DCMS says it plans to send letters to these operators as well as to UK based advertisers and publishers, warning them that the government will no longer tolerate advertisements for Internet casinos that offer inducements to gamble. The letters will clarify that advertisers or publishers who sell or publish such ads could face fines or prison time.

For more information, visit:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4424234.stm