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CHAIR OF THE CALIFORNIA TRIBAL BUSINESS ALLIANCE CALLS FOR STRICTER LICENSING LAWS
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It was anti-climactic in the end but after almost four years and two vetoes, New Jersey’s online gambling bill was signed into law last month. However, in a thinlyveiled criticism of the state’s refusal to include a so-called ‘bad actor’ clause to prevent operators which accepted post-UIGEA bets from US customers (a provision removed from the bill last year), CTBA chair Robert Smith said New Jersey “appears to be weakening the eligibility requirements needed to obtain a gaming licence”. “With the approval of the New Jersey online gaming law, the state, which has typically held to the gold standard of gaming regulations, now unfortunately appears to be weakening the eligibility requirements needed to obtain a gaming licence. While the local market in New Jersey may be driving these sorts of decisions, in California we cannot allow for reciprocity with states that have lower standards and softer controls opening the doors to questionable corporations, which now appears to be the case in New Jersey. "Gaming at all levels should be held to the same, very high standards set for tribal gaming agencies in California. It is in these regulations that are in place to address the nature and the business of the gaming industry, that we maintain the trust in the game and the con?dence of consumers and regional governments to promote a safe, fair and mutually bene?cial gaming industry,” Smith concluded.
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