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All service providers are required to test the
validity of a player’s jurisdiction of residence
and
may have an action taken against them where they
do not. Internationally, this is a challenging
task. Furthermore, by insisting that the service
provider know the origin of its players, this
implies to me that the Regulator may not allow a
service provider to accept a bet from a player
where gaming is illegal.
The model calls for no Federal Government
involvement. Indeed, it concludes by stating
that,
”the effect of licence conditions imposed at the
Federal level would be somewhat cosmetic.”
A Successful World First
Lasseters Online has been operating since April
1999. It is the world's first regulated online
casino, operating under legislation and
regulations set by the Northern Territory
Government. In
consideration of the "Draft Model", my company
(GGS) was contracted by the Northern
Territory Government in early 1988 to assist in
ensuring that "world's best practice" was
applied
to the Lasseters site…difficult to do when your
faced with a world first. In any event we
applied
many existing regulations that apply to land
based (terrestrial) forms of gaming, games and
gaming systems along with numerous department of
defense requirements and international
standards.
Lasseters is considered to be a "role model" in
terms of the extent, nature and application of
regulation.
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