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Revised Online Gaming Law in England
 July 23, 2007, 8:26 am (4 years ago)According to the previous Gambling Act 2005 Massive Multiplayer Online games (MMO’s) may soon be classified as official online gambling sites. The new law is going to define simply which game is played by both chance and skill to win a prize is gambling. As the new law, prize, whether it is cash, products is related and game of chance where superlative skill can demolish chance is gambling. The new law will declare all massive multiplayer online games that offer prize through competition or in a same way that an online poker site offers.
The main goal of this law is to regulate the online gambling industry which company’s will be able to run in UK. A lawyer of Campbell Hoppen firm says its main purpose is to regulate the law on online gambling.
To meet the requirements of this new law, every MMO operators may require a license from Gambling Commission. Its to satisfy the commission that the operators are operating a site that meets the requirement and main objective of the new law. This revised law will also protect children from under aged gambling and also ensure fair game.
For the players of MMO games, this is to notify by enforcing of this law something that will check before playing and breaking this law may lead to criminal offense.
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