UKGC Clarifies Position on Legality of Satellites to Foreign Live Tournaments
Key Takeaways
  • The UKGC tells pokerfuse that the restriction on running satellites to, or advertising, foreign tournaments will be removed.
  • A bill on gambling advertising is expected to be passed in the Spring of 2014 and it repeals the restrictions on advertising tournaments outside the EEA.
  • By the time UK laws demand that operators be licensed by the UKGC, it should be legal for their licensees to run satellite tournaments to the WSOP Main Event.

A response to pokerfuse from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has clarified the intentions of its guidance note “Advice on poker played in non remote casinos.”