Customer lists may not be made of platinum but they are among the most valuable assets a casino company owns. Such lists feature contact information for thousands of high-rollers or even millions of average players. For the select few hosts with access to the lists, taking them to a new job is easy, and no doubt tempting. It's not unusual for hosts to poach the highest of high-rollers, who are well known.
Three former Tropicana employees -- including a high-ranking executive -- were indicted yesterday on charges they stole a list, valued at USD 108 million, of more than 20,000 of the casino's top players. One of them, John Conklin, is now the vice president of relationship marketing at Borgata -- Atlantic City's trendy casino. He made his mark at the Tropicana by luring sports stars and celebrities, according to people who knew him there.
Making the UK Gambling Commission’s "white list" for jurisdictions whose gambling companies will be allowed to advertise in the United Kingdom ended up being a big boon for Malta. The U.K. Gambling Act of 2005 went into effect September 1, and one of the new laws permits only those companies based in the European Economic Area or countries given special approval from the Department for Culture, Media and Sports to advertise their online gambling ventures.
Antigua & Barbuda is not on the list of foreign remote gambling jurisdictions approved to be white listed by the UK Gambling Commission, released yesterday, and has begun the bid to join jurisdictions approved. The list gives the countries or jurisdictions pre-approval to advertise gambling services in the UK from September. In February, Minister of Finance and the Economy Errol Cort announced an overhaul of the country’s gaming regulations, citing the desire to be white listed among the motivations for the move.
