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Home History Games News Dictionary		continued from Rugby to Use Loophole - 1 Damien Mahoney, an official for the National Rugby League, said that for now, a test run of sorts would be run to see how many clubs would be willing to participate, and how and where Full Tilt would like to see the promotion of their sites. It is new territory for the league, he said, and because of its potentially legal sensitivity, advertising will be very careful with the trial to make sure that only Full Tilt.net is ever mentioned. "The NRL has already approved a sponsorship from the same company, who currently have a partnership with the Sydney Roosters,” he said. Australian law dictates that any company providing online gambling services in Australia can be fined as much as A$ 1.1 million per day that it operates. How that particular punishment would translate to an Australian organization that promoted offshore internet casinos has yet to be determined. The sensitivity, as many are calling, it clear, however, causing the Rugby League to tread very carefully. The Australian government isn’t known for the enforcement of the anti-gambling laws, but it’s a chance that the NRL isn’t willing to take lightly. The government has already become privy to the arrangement and according to a report by the Sydney Morning Herald, has asked the chief executive for the NRL for an explanation of the sponsorship agreement. Poker Stars, a competing internet poker group, is also using the .net tactic to gain some ground in the market, setting up an agreement with the Cronulla club for a tee-shirt logo sponsorship deal. The government is looking at the online gambling industry in light of not only the current law structure, but the changes that have taken place in the nine years since the anti-casino law was passed. Their Productivity Commission has recommended that legalization be seriously considered as an alternative to prohibition, as the regulation of the industry would be far more effective – not to mention lucrative – than the current ban. The Commission also found just last year that Australians gamble as much as A$ 790 million in offshore online casinos; the amount is three times more than local sports bets.

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Damien Mahoney, an official for the National Rugby League, said that for now, a test run of sorts would be run to see how many clubs would be willing to participate, and how and where Full Tilt would like to see the promotion of their sites. It is new territory for the league, he said, and because of its potentially legal sensitivity, advertising will be very careful with the trial to make sure that only Full Tilt.net is ever mentioned. "The NRL has already approved a sponsorship from the same company, who currently have a partnership with the Sydney Roosters,” he said.

Australian law dictates that any company providing online gambling services in Australia can be fined as much as A$ 1.1 million per day that it operates. How that particular punishment would translate to an Australian organization that promoted offshore internet casinos has yet to be determined. The sensitivity, as many are calling, it clear, however, causing the Rugby League to tread very carefully. The Australian government isn’t known for the enforcement of the anti-gambling laws, but it’s a chance that the NRL isn’t willing to take lightly.

The government has already become privy to the arrangement and according to a report by the Sydney Morning Herald, has asked the chief executive for the NRL for an explanation of the sponsorship agreement. Poker Stars, a competing internet poker group, is also using the .net tactic to gain some ground in the market, setting up an agreement with the Cronulla club for a tee-shirt logo sponsorship deal.

The government is looking at the online gambling industry in light of not only the current law structure, but the changes that have taken place in the nine years since the anti-casino law was passed. Their Productivity Commission has recommended that legalization be seriously considered as an alternative to prohibition, as the regulation of the industry would be far more effective – not to mention lucrative – than the current ban. The Commission also found just last year that Australians gamble as much as A$ 790 million in offshore online casinos; the amount is three times more than local sports bets.