Isle of Man Regulator Seeks Rule Change to Ease Bitcoin Gambling
The government of the Isle of Man is looking to plug a gap in its gambling regulations as they relate to bitcoin and other digital currencies. Officials are currently weighing regulatory changes that would allow gambling services to accept digital currencies “as if they were cash”. Specifically, the Isle of Man’s Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) wants to tweak the definition of “the deposit of money” currently on the books to include “the deposit of something which has a value in money or money’s worth”, which would cover digital currencies. Mark Rutherford, deputy chief executive of....
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