Fulltiltpoker.net Causing Waves in Australia
Written by Renee K | Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Full Tilt Poker’s educational site, FullTiltPoker.net, is causing a headache for the Australian National Rugby League after the federal government asked the sporting organization to bow out of its relationship with the site. While the NRL wants to heed the federal government’s warning, however, it cannot be ignored that the Sydney Roosters benefit greatly from a sponsorship deal that it has with Full Tilt Poker.
As such, the NRL urged the Sydney Roosters to seek legal advice concerning the future of its sponsorship with the site, so that it would not be breaking any federal laws. The Australian Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 does not allow unregulated foreign gambling companies to offer and provide services to Australian players.
The NRL advised the rugby team to seek legal advice, at the same time issuing a statement that the league itself would not be pursuing a relationship with the site. The problem seems to lie in the fact that FullTiltPoker.net’s sister site, FullTiltPoker.com offers betting activities and is one of the most prominent online poker sites in the world.
“They’ve suggested we make sure that we consider the legal advice in relation to specific sections of the act,” said the Chief Executive of the Sydney Roosters, Steve Noyce. “They haven’t told us to pull the sponsorship – they’ve just told us we should look at the advice so that’s what we’re doing.”
The Roosters have already sought initial legal advice and were told that, on the surface, their sponsorship deal with Full Tilt Poker’s educational site did not breach any federal laws.
“The important thing is that we have a relationship with FullTiltPoker.net which is the education site and the sole activity of that is education and you can’t gamble on that site whatsoever,” Noyce said. “Our advice initially was that provided that we advertised the .net site then it was OK.”
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