Online bingo operators that target their operations at the UK market, one of the largest bingo markets worldwide, often do not operate their businesses from the shores of the British Isles.
This is due to the fact that UK licencing laws and taxation regulations are often far to stringent for online bingo operators to actually operate a viable revenue generating service. The next best option is to run your operations form a country that has similar licensing regulations as the UK. Many have chosen to operate from white listed countries and many have chosen to operate from countries where they hope White Listing will become a reality in the Near future.
Recently both Antigua and Kahnawake were turned down for white listing and both were extremely disappointed by the result of their application, this resulted in some online bingo operators changing their licencing positions.
Not being White Listed does not mean that you cannot offer the services of online bingo to residents of the UK, it does however mean that you cannot advertise your bingo products to the residents of the UK. After this recent decision an Antiguan delegation visited the UK and they are now optimistic that in the future, Antigua’s omission will be redressed.