EDITORIAL
crime go systematically unpunished. A higher priority given to enforcement against illegal offers is a welcome and, some might argue, overdue development, at least, in the eyes of licensees. Australia has been a leader in this area. Over the past five years, the Australian Communications and Media Authority has blocked close to a thousand unlicensed gambling and affiliate websites. It continues to use a range of measures including disruption of payments and the targeting of individuals to discourage illegal operators and protect its licensed industry. Our colleague from the UK has a detailed report on efforts by the UKGC to take a similarly comprehensive line there. Enforcement plays a key part in protecting consumers and should, therefore, be in every jurisdiction’s interests. But in a transnational online business, no single regulator can succeed alone. Recent announcements promising greater international cooperation indicate that this message is being taken seriously. Those countries who wish to position themselves as responsible licensors of gambling companies have an interest in being quick to sign up to such alliances. Reducing unlicensed gaming will meet every regulator’s mission and greater channelization should mean they have the tax revenues to pay for it. Dare I add that greater channelization is also linked to the attractiveness of the licensed product? The more limitations are imposed, the harder it is for the licensees to compete with unlicensed competition. But that feels like the subject of a future editorial. Yours sincerely, Simon planzer@planzer-law.com
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