Internet Gambling Report in Various Jurisdictions

Numerous gambling review reports around the world are available that are worth reading and noting as they will provide some indication of the future of the international competitive gambling scene. We have discussed earlier: "Is it possible to enforce any regulation on the net?" "Whether asking businesses to vet contents and transactions on the Internet is feasible?" "Are we going to design a legislative framework based on our own thinking?" "Should we consider legislative changes in other jurisdictions?" "Would there come a time when we are forced to align with others if every country has adopted a different policy?"

On the issue of Problem Gambling, it is worthwhile for readers to go through the research paper of "Should Provinces Expand Gambling?" to understand the rationale of those who feel strongly about legalising gambling and how best to deal with problem gambling. As we are not able to obtain the rights to reproduce the entire report before the publishing deadline, we would like to refer readers to the URL address (http://www.sfu.ca/~rlipsey/gamb.pdf) for further details.

Among the various international reviews that we have examined, the Report from UK on Internet Gambling was specially chosen for inclusion is this book for the readers' reference. The choice of the UK Report for discussion here is two-fold: the UK authorities gave prompt response to our request for permission to reproduce the Report; and the Hong Kong legislation is based on the UK legal system, giving rise to many similarities in the legal aspects in both >>