This is set to be a landmark year for corporate bookmakers in the Northern Territory, with federal litigation and a review of federal internet gaming laws to determine what restrictions will be placed on their operations in the Australian market.
New South Wales is staunchly defending attempts to implement mandatory pre-commitment at the federal level and is anticipating the High Court case, due in early 2012, which will determine the validity of a race fields fee based on turnover.
While the debate concerning pre-commitment technologies for gaming machines has become heated, the review into the regulation of internet gambling across Australia is also gaining momentum.
Northern Irelandis currently undertaking a consultation to update its antiquated gambling laws and, with the industry responses now in, all eyes are on how the Ministry of Social Development replies.
Progress is finally being made on the Manila Bay Integrated City, with a number of investors commencing construction. Meanwhile, the Philippines continues to be the licensing hub for Asian facing online gaming operators.
Offshore gambling hub Gibraltar’s regulatory framework is based on regulation at the point of establishment of its licensees but is coming under pressure from the rise of regulation at the point of consumption from European ring-fenced markets.
With the second highest number of slot machines in Australia, Queensland is set to be impacted by federal reforms introducing mandatory pre-commitment should they pass through parliament in the coming months.
Antigua and Barbuda has had a "robust" offshore licensing regime which was boosted by receiving white-list status in the UK; however, increased enforcement measures in the US and regulatory change in the UK has put pressure on online gaming licensees in the country.
Aside from the bilateral cooperation agreement signed with Denmark, the Alderney regulators have been busy with the revocation of Full Tilt's licence, which just received the agreement of the US Department of Justice to be bought by a French investment firm.
Anti-gambling sentiment is growing in Muslim-dominated Malaysia, but despite this the region's first integrated resort, Genting Highlands, is showing resilience in the face of stiff competition from Singapore.
