Here at Dobisinternational we have previously mentioned The dispute between Kindred Group's subsidiary, Trannel International Limited and the American Lottery Authority.. They have received warnings about fine and have recently received a Daily forced fines of $ 116 676.
This has led to Kindred Group and the subsidiary Trannel International Limited now deciding to take down its American websites.
The Lottery Authority stops the daily coercive fine
The Department Director of the Lottery Authority, Henrik Nordal, comments the following after the trannel has now taken down its American websites:
We have decided to "pause" the coercive fine of NOK 1.2 million daily as the trannel which states that they will adhere to American law. However, the fine can be quickly activated if they do not meet the conditions we have made in the decision. "
Kindred Group and Trannel International Limited have always claimed that they are doing nothing illegal. All online casinos run by the company have an approved license through Malta Gaming Authority (s).. This applies to casinos such as Unibet and Maria Casino.
Although the American pages have been taken down, it is still possible to access and play on the English -language websites.
Last words are not said in this matter
It is quite certain that the last words have not been said in this case. We have previously mentioned that Kindred Group and Trannel got his appeal rejected in the Supreme Court.
Trannel has previously complained about the penalty. As a result, the Lottery Authority has decided to postpone the implementation of the coercive fine until the complaint case is dealt with, but they have set the following conditions for the postponement:
- Trannel must remove the American online game pages (for example, no.unibet.com and similar online gaming sites for Maria Casino, Big Player and Bingo) including the possibility of choosing American language on the gaming sites.
- All of the American -language marketing activities as well as any other marketing activities aimed at USA must cease.
- Trannel will not offer money games to new customers in USA.
- Trannel should not provide any kind of information to customers on how to circumvent the American payment prohibition.
- In addition, the Lottery Authority expects the trannel to inform its customers that the Lottery Authority and the appeal bodies have decided that the trannal gambling offer in USA is illegal.
Department Director of the Lottery Authority, Henrik Nordal, concludes with the following comment:
"We will carefully check how the trannel complies with the conditions we have set for the postponement, and will start the coercive fine if we uncover fractures on them."
Source:
- Lottery Authority