Antigua in Trouble: 2

The question is now what will the United Kingdom do to the online casinos in Antigua? It has definitely not been an easy decision to make for the legislators in the United Kingdom. There have been a number of law makers that have expressed their concern due to the fact that the bank that helps run the online casino industry in Antigua, Stanford International Bank which belongs to the accused billionaire Allen Stanford. The current status is that the Antigua white list position is being questioned and so are the island’s ability to run and regulate proper online casinos and other internet gambling related operations. All of this commotion is bringing a lot of attention to this ‘white list’ that was created by the government in the United Kingdom.

Some have come forward and requested for the government to be more transparent about their choosing of who is on this white list for online casino advertising. The legislators that are asking for more transparency are asking for this because they believe it is the duty of theirs to be able to scrutinize the online casinos that are nominated to be on the white list of advertising. The Antiguan government is not doing so well with all of this scandal and speculation going on with their internet gambling industry.

They were just beginning to bounce back from when the United States revoked their business from the online casino industry. This is definitely not good news for the little island that could. A resident of the island, John Sinclaid said: "Didn't one uncontrolled trader bring Barclay's Bank to the edge of ruin a couple of years ago? And the banks there haven't done too great a job picking investments, have they? Still, they want to bully us." Hopefully all of this is resolved soon, for the sake of the citizens of Antigua.