Poll results: Opinion split on supplier responsibility

The question was raised in this week’s poll after the Italian regulator, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (AAMS), threatened new regulatory measures which would prevent providers from supplying unlicensed operators with games in a bid to tackle the nation’s substantial black market.

However, the majority of respondents weren’t wholly in favour of the regulator’s stance with only 40% of the opinion that suppliers should take responsibility for where their games are offered.

AAMS head of remote gambling Francesco Rodano said that measure will be considered unless suppliers prevent their B2C customers from targeting the Italian market and estimated that more than half of the Italian online casino market to comprise of unregulated operators.

Despite this statistic, 37% of readers felt that suppliers should not be held responsible for where their games are marketed while 23% said that suppliers shouldn’t be held to account for the actions of rogue operators.

AAMS is keen to bear down on the problem which threatens the viability of the market for licensed operators and has held discussions with a number of such companies in recent months in order to find a workable solution.