Why is TV bingo not bingo?

摘要

The rules covering betting and gaming in the UK are frighteningly outdated. They were written in the 1960s, long before the launch of the commercial internet or Sky Digital. While online and interactive TV (iTV) gambling are both growth businesses, technically speaking they fall outside most current regulation, which was originally written to regulate gambling at race courses, casinos and betting shops. Moreover, the ITC determined last year that its remit is TV, not iTV, which is "internet-like". This "rules gap" on iTV betting is offering commercial TV operators like Avago and Sky Bet big opportunities ― albeit laced with some risk regrading the kind of rules that will eventually emerge.