Online Casino Transfer: News - Israeli Police Visit ISPs

07/31/2010		Online Casino Style: News Israeli Police Visit ISPs
Home History Games News Dictionary		It seems that the censorship program in place in China has not only got Australia up and ready to institute a similar program, but also could have played its part to inspire the changes now being made in Israel. Police have reportedly been making the rounds to ISP locations throughout the nation this week, visiting the internet service providers in order to force management to block on their level access by residents to offshore internet casino websites. The newspaper Haaretz reported that the police were legally within their rights to do so, as online gambling is illegal in Israel. It has industry analysts wondering what was the impetus for the rounds as it this will mark the first time ISP blocking will be having been utilized in the nation. Police made their visits with paperwork in hand, providing to management a comprehensive inventory of all those online gambling sites to be blocked, as well as their IP addresses. The sites on the list are all considered illegal, said the police directive, as each of them “provide a place for illegal gaming for lotteries or gambling, as defined in Section 224 of the Penal Code.” It has not yet been confirmed just how many internet casinos have been included on the list, though a few of the most well known and liked sites were rumored to be among them, such as Victor Chandler. The police orders come with a signed by Central District police commander Maj. Gen. Bentzi Sau, which read, "It is my intention to order your company not to provide users with access to these sites.” The order mandates that ISP access to all of the sites must be shut off within 48 hours of the firms having received official notice. Some companies have supposedly asked for extensions whilst their legal teams look into whether or not they must comply with the new orders.

07/31/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Israeli Police Visit ISPs

It seems that the censorship program in place in China has not only got Australia up and ready to institute a similar program, but also could have played its part to inspire the changes now being made in Israel. Police have reportedly been making the rounds to ISP locations throughout the nation this week, visiting the internet service providers in order to force management to block on their level access by residents to offshore internet casino websites.

The newspaper Haaretz reported that the police were legally within their rights to do so, as online gambling is illegal in Israel. It has industry analysts wondering what was the impetus for the rounds as it this will mark the first time ISP blocking will be having been utilized in the nation. Police made their visits with paperwork in hand, providing to management a comprehensive inventory of all those online gambling sites to be blocked, as well as their IP addresses.

The sites on the list are all considered illegal, said the police directive, as each of them “provide a place for illegal gaming for lotteries or gambling, as defined in Section 224 of the Penal Code.” It has not yet been confirmed just how many internet casinos have been included on the list, though a few of the most well known and liked sites were rumored to be among them, such as Victor Chandler.

The police orders come with a signed by Central District police commander Maj. Gen. Bentzi Sau, which read, "It is my intention to order your company not to provide users with access to these sites.” The order mandates that ISP access to all of the sites must be shut off within 48 hours of the firms having received official notice. Some companies have supposedly asked for extensions whilst their legal teams look into whether or not they must comply with the new orders.