If you place an advert in Britain for an offshore poker site that says, "Test your nerve with poker" or "Play online anytime," you will have committed a criminal offense and could go to prison for up to two years, so says the Gambling Commission and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
A new legal briefing from Tarlo Lyons evaluates this hard-line stance taken by the U.K. government and what it means to Internet gambling operators.
Click here to view the briefing in its entirety.
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