Catching up with iNTERGAMINGi at the EiG show in Milan, Italy, last week, Garth Kimber, head of egaming development at the Isle of Man government's department of economic development, commented: "The show is as I expected it would be. It's classic EiG - good quality people, you can speak to the right people - no complaints."
The Isle of Man government had a number of companies exhibiting on its stand at EiG - from corporate service providers, to data centres - and recently introduced its new network services licence, which gives gaming operations based on the island the opportunity to make their platform available to business customers around the world.
Looking ahead, the island is currently talking to and working with regulators across Europe more and more - "Steve Brennan [from the Gambling Supervision Commission] has been out in Brussels recently" - and is making progress on its first EU cooperation agreement.
Kimber spoke recently to iNTERGAMINGi about issues with protecting player funds and the Full Tilt case and the service that the Isle of Man offers. "Nothing has changed but I expect that player power will push other jurisdictions to follow soon," he commented at EiG.
The island looks set to have a total of 50 licences from its current 31 by June 2012 if all goes through as planned. "All in all, things are good for us," said Kimber.
