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REGULATION A further possibility is expansion of the betting shop network to 16,000


locations, with nine-year licences set at ¤25,000 for “corners” (locations where betting is not the primary businesS) and ¤40,000 for dedicated betting venues. Other predictions include a one-off tax of ¤100 on AWPs.


“It clearly shows that poker players want regulated online poker and are willing


to abide by federal or state preferences to get it,” said Larry Gibbs, VP of research at U.S. Gaming Survey. Separately, the online operator Bwin.party has said it is not sure why the U.S.


JERSEY The Channel Island’s economic development minister Alan


Maclean has said that he plans to attract more e-gaming firms by improving Jersey’s pool of skilled workers.


Department of Justice has singled it out from many other advertisers on the file- sharing site Megaupload.com, which the federal government has indicted. The indictment document mentioned Bwin.party. Meanwhile, the cash-strapped state of Hawaii is considering introducing not only a lottery but also land-based and online gaming.


MOLDOVA The government is to nationalise gaming through the


establishment of a state-owned National Lottery of Moldova,


which will be responsible for all lotteries, casinos and slots in the country. However, existing licences will remain valid until they expire. Moldova banned casinos in 2009, although its supreme court reversed that the following year.


SOUTH AFRICA South Africa should legalise online gambling and risks sending


its citizens to offshore e-gaming sites if it does not, Betfair has


told a parliamentary committee in the country. Tom Tuxworth, public affairs manager for Betfair, said that the country’s economy could gain ZAR6bn (¤590m) annually from regulated online gaming.


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UNITED KINGDOM TIGA, the trade association for the UK video games industry,


has submitted evidence to the Treasury and the Department


of Culture, Media and Sport in support of tax relief for developers and publishers. It argues that the proposed relief would create more than 4500 jobs and lead


to substantial investment in the sector, “thereby contributing to a rebalancing of the economy away from an over-dependence on financial services toward export-oriented industries where the UK has a competitive advantage”. Game developers in countries such as Canada, France, Singapore and the U.S.


already enjoy similar reliefs, and Britain has been losing game-related jobs to Canada as a result of this, TIGA says. It would also, by operating the same way as existing tax relief for film


producers, “provide a consistent approach for film and interactive entertainment, two creative industries in which the UK excel”. Meanwhile, a report for the government has called for “widespread


deregulation” in the tourism and hospitality sectors. British Hospitality Association chair Alan Parker, who led the team that produced it, said: “There is a huge opportunity that everyone in the industry wants to be part of. Cutting red tape is one easy thing that the government can do to help bring this growth about.


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U.S. Legalising online poker is unlikely to affect lottery revenue,


according to research conducted for the Poker Players Alliance by


US Gaming Survey. It found that poker enthusiasts are only modest lottery spenders and that their poker habits have little effect on their lottery purchases. It also found that poker fans would prefer to play in a safe, regulated environment where they pay taxes on their winnings, rather than in an untaxed but unregulated environment.


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