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Offshore Online Casinos In Great Britain To Be Licensed Again
It’s been all quite in the UK gambling industry until the FullTilt bombshell exploded. Remember the scandal with the British players being unable to get their money from this poker website? Well, the Department of Culture, Media and Sports is now determined to protect all UK players against the evils of offshore online casinos.
It is really nice that the British government is so much concerned about the safety of its citizens’ hard earned money, but the question is: will British gamblers really benefit from a crackdown on non-UK based online casinos?
Supposedly, according to the new rules, all casino operators hoping to run a gambling business in the UK will have to submit applications to the Gambling Commission and obtain another licence. Although the Treasury is avoiding straightforward announcements, you will hardly find anyone who doesn’t understand the real reasons for this interference. It’s just the first step towards reclaiming taxes that had been lost when many of the UK online casinos went offshore.
Even some industry giants have moved to smaller jurisdictions in order to avoid really high UK taxation. They wanted to be able to effectively compete with offshore online casinos and now it looks like they will have to consider moving back.
In addition, the new licensing scheme may lead to the annulment of the so-called “white list”, which used to put online casino operators licensed in one of the named jurisdictions in a favourable position. With the introduction of the new law they will not be able to operate and/or advertise in the UK, unless they get a licence from the British Gambling Commission. For UK gamblers this may mean that the number of available online casinos will be significantly reduced.
Michael Caselli, one of the worlds leading experts on online gaming and an editor of iGaming Business magazine, said: “The tax rate pretty much relates to how much less value the punter gets. A 10% tax rate is 10% less value for punters.” Indeed, British players will only lose if online casinos will want to compensate for their extra spending on taxes.
At the same time offshore gaming jurisdictions, such as Isle of Man seem to be unworried about the possible licensing changes. They believe they already adhere to high regulatory standards which are comparable to those in Britain and, as Allan Bell MHK, Isle of Man Economic Development Minister, noticed, “the UK Gambling Commission has no wish to duplicate the work that our Gambling Commission does in regulating our operators”.
Develop basic math skills with popular Chinese card game!
Four Cards is a popular Chinese card game that is often played as a competition, and to help students develop basic math skills. The objective of the game is to construct an equation that totals 24 using the four cards you have been dealt, and a combination of the three math operators. The numbered cards are equal to their face value, with A=1, J=11, Q=12, and K=13. The math operators available to you are: Add, subtract, multiply and Divide. Each card can only be used once but the math operators can be repeated. Only whole numbers, zero or greater can be calculated.
To play, you need to place the four cards you are dealt in the four slots, and place the three math operators between them in such a way that the resulting equation equals to 24. You can either drag the cards and operators to the desired slot or simply tap on them. Tapping a card or operator places it in the next open slot from left to right. To remove the card, or an operator from the slot simply tap it again. Four cards, has an intuitive clean interface, and full range of options. It’s a mathematical brain teaser that will test your math skills to the limit.
Let’s say for example, you are dealt the 7, 8, 8 and 2 cards. First place 7 and 8 in the first two slots and place the multiplication operator in between them. This will equal to 56. Next place the second 8 card in the third slot and place a subtraction operator between them. The equation so far equals 48. Now place the final 2 card in the last slot and place the division operator in the third slot making the final equation now equal 24. In the normal mode, you will only dealt cards from Ace to 10. The advanced mode includes face cards 11 through 13 as well, which makes it tougher to solve the equation. Four cards is a classic puzzler game that will both challenge and entertain you.
Features:
* Construct an equation equaling 24 using the face value of four cards
* Mathematical brain teaser that will test your Math skills to the limit
* Intuitive clean interface