Full Tilt licence pre-application to be held in public
Alderney Gambling Control Commission schedules hearing on Channel Island for 3 May.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has announced that the hearing in advance of a decision on Full Tilt Poker subsidiary Orinic Ltd’s licence application will be held in public.
Scheduled for 3 May, the hearing will take place at the Channel Island’s Braye Beach Hotel at 2pm, with the regulator revealing in a statement that “oral representations may be made.” It gives the opportunity for members of the public to express any concerns.
A spokesman for the Commission told eGaming Review: “The hearing is a routine function, required under Alderney regulations, to permit members of the public to make representations about this and any other licence application.
“It precedes the Commissioners’ review of the application and is intended to inform that process. No ruling or determination will result at the hearing, it is a one-way process of information and opinion collection,” he added.
Orinic, the only one of four Full Tilt companies previously licensed in Alderney not to have its authorisation revoked last September, applied for a new category 2 licence in the jurisdiction last month.
The AGCC initially suspended Orinic’s licence, along with those of other Tilt subsidiaries Vantage, Filco and Oxalic, following a public hearing last June in London. However a follow-up hearing, which resulted in the revocation of three of the four licences, was held in private.
Earlier this week eGaming Review revealed that Laurent Tapie and Prosper Masquelier had been named directors of a new Full Tilt Poker company, registered in Ireland as Gcubed Limited, as the return of the operator appears to draw closer.
Full Tilt’s marketing and technology company Pocket Kings has begun advertising for new staff in Ireland, while eGR understands it is also preparing to hire a new chief marketing officer.