Thursday 31 March 2011

eGaming summit today in Gibraltar

GIBRALTAR (GibChronicle) KPMG Gibraltar is today holding an eGaming Summit with the aim of bringing the sector's major players and service providers together to discuss Gibraltar's potential in the global marketplace. The KPMG eGaming Summit, which is by invite only, is being held at the Leisure Business Centre in Ocean Village. It sets out to bring together key stakeholders and decision makers to consider and debate how to ensure Gibraltar remains the premier gaming jurisdiction in light of developments and the direction of the sector both locally and globally. The Chief Minister Peter Caruana, will open the summit.>The morning programme will consider issues impacting on the sector, with specific emphasis on those licensed and operating from Gibraltar, including regulation, banking, player safety and changing global attitudes to the sector.

Mike Harvey, Director for KPMG Gibraltar, said that the eGaming sector is expanding globally, and is already a major contributor to our local economy.

"It is crucially important that Gibraltar continues to make itself an attractive jurisdiction for the licensing and operation of online gaming companies. This involves input from the government, key industry players and service providers in finance, IT and a variety of other key sectors. This summit will bring those key players together to discuss the needs of the industry as it grows and develops."

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