Because I was emailed this story three times and I’m too busy to look for something else to post today, you are going to hear about Antigua getting whitelisted. From the Antigua Sun:
After months of hard work, negotiations and amendments, Antigua and Barbuda has successfully attained white list certification from the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
By attaining this white list status, remote gaming operators based in Antigua and Barbuda will, as of 21 Nov., be allowed to advertise their services to consumers in the UK and promote the expansion of Antigua and Barbuda’s online gaming industry.
The white listing also means that operators will have the opportunity to work within a world-class regulatory environment that offers “superb e-services infrastructure.”
According to Mark Mendel, Antigua and Barbuda’s attorney at the World Trade Organisation WTO, this achievement makes Antigua and Barbuda the only non-EU European Union country, other than Tasmania, to receive white list certification.
This sounds pretty good for Antigua. It’s better, I suppose, than being blacklisted. I wonder how the new administration will alter the U.S. policy towards online gaming. I’m not sure that it will, but you never know.