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The MPs backed a warning by the Church of England warning that the search engine's actions were irresponisible. The motion, brought by Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said: "This house notes with concern the recent decision of Google to reintroduce online gambling advertisements during a period of economic downturn; supports the Church of England's position that the actions of Google risk normalising gambling in society...

In a huge victory for the Caribbean nation of Antigua Wednesday, it was announced online gambling companies based there can now advertise their services in the United Kingdom. Antigua and Barbuda has successfully attained white list certification from the UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport, according to Aarati Jagdeo of the Antigua Sun. 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...

The search engine giant will from Friday allow advertisements from any UK company registered with the Gambling Commission, as well as any company based within the European Economic Area (EEA) provided they are registered with their national regulator. The move will allow a huge number of non-UK companies, such as Gibraltar-based 888 and PartyGaming to increase their push into the British market.

Wettbewerbszentrale (Centre for Protection against Unfair Competition) recently won a court suit in the second instance against the Free State of Bavaria who offers sports betting and games of chance commercially via its State Lottery Administration (Staatliche Lotterieverwaltung), which is a member of Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock, the cartel of the monopoly operators. The Court of Appeal of Munich (Oberlandesgericht München) enjoined the Free State of Bavaria from unfair advertisements with regard to three different circumstances.

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In the Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance has begun a public consultation process on its proposals for the regulation of casinos and gambling advertising and has set a deadline for responses of July 9. According to numerous media reports, the government’s propositions would require operators to have at least USD 1.5 million in capital before opening a casino and lay out exactly what games may be played in the Eastern European nation.

State-owned broadcaster TV2 has found a loophole in the national gaming laws that allows it to provide cash payouts to winners of its online computer games. Although the courts have upheld national gaming agency Danske Spil's monopoly on the 11 billion kroner gambling industry, TV2's games are classified as games of skill -- based on skill rather than on chance -- and are not covered by national gaming laws.

Operators Paddy Power and InterCasino have become the first gambling companies to have campaigns banned by the advertising watchdog since laws were relaxed last September. The Advertising Standards Authority has banned four TV ads by InterCasino and a national press ad by Paddy Power for breaching its new code on advertising by gambling companies. The code, introduced on September 1 following the relaxation of ad rules under the Gambling Act 2005...

Online and land-based gambling companies in the UK have demonstrated a higher level of advertising compliance than any other industry sector, according to a leading voice in European marketing regulation. A survey conducted by the European Advertising Standards Alliance in the wake of the UK Gambling Act, which was implemented in September 2007, analyzed gambling adverts in the national press, consumer magazines, posters, direct mailings, internet, television and radio.

In Britain, the Gambling Commission has announced that the Canadian First Nation enclave of Kahnawake along with Antigua are not to be white-listed for the purposes of advertising online gambling services in the UK. The Kahnawake licensing jurisdiction is home for hundreds of online gambling companies and the Gambling Commission gave no specific reason for the rejection.

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