uk gambling

The Widely-Publicized Ban on Credit Card Gambling Comes Into Force in the UK As of the 14th of April, 2020, UK players can no longer gamble online using credit cards. The UK Gambling Commission announced that the credit card gambling ban came into force, by issuing an official statement on its...

With a clear message, or a warning, depending on how you see it, the UK Gambling Commission announced to have published its Enforcement Report 2018/2019, presenting the industry with a report on how many enforcement measures they had to take in the last 12 months, saying that it would serve as...

UKGC Publishes the 2019-2020 Business Plan Which Focuses on Underage and Vulnerable Players’ Protection The UK Gambling Commission has published its 2019-2020 Business Plan a few days ago. Central to the Plan is the vulnerable and underage players’ protection. The Commission outlined the key...

The UK’s decision to cut the stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to £2 has started causing panic to UK operators. A major name in the UK, Williams Hill, has started asking landlords to reduce the rents or they will risk losing their business as a consequence of the stake cut. The...

The UK Gambling Commission has published its 54-page report on Gambling Participation for the year of 2018. The Gambling Participation in 2018: Behaviour, Awareness and Attitudes annual report shows that players’ participation in gambling in 2018 has remained stable in comparison with 2017. The...

In light of the increased remote gambling restrictions in the UK gambling market, the representative bodies for the online gambling operators Remote Gambling Association and Association of British Bookmakers discuss a merger in order to create a new trade body. The working title of the new...

Undercover investigation discovers that UKGC has been covering for Bet365 for quite some long time, to give losers cash returns on money they’ve lost gambling there. The major gambling watchdog was called toothless following this report since it has remained blind to the Bet365’s breach of...

The UK watchdog has announced new rules regarding ID verification that will take effect on May 7th, 2019. The new rules have been published on the UKGC’s official website, reminding online operators to follow them to the point in order to make gambling fairer and safer. The new rules were...

Following the resignation of the former Sports Minister Tracey Crouch, who has quit her job over the maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals cut delay, a new Sports Minister Mims Davies was appointed. Davies suggests new regulation, one that would be really game-changing for gambling...

UK’s online gambling giants agreed on discussing the advertising problem with the aim to put voluntary restrictions on their planned advertising campaigns due to the increasing political pressure for a huge gambling advertising crackdown. Pressure from both the public and the parliament for an...

The major gambling regulator UK Gambling Commission has announced updates in the rules over customer complaints and the resolving of disputes in order to improve both operators and customers’ gaming time, but more specifically to make sure the operators are treating customers fairly. In most...

A new program that will help protect vulnerable gamblers was rolled out by the industry’s Remote Gambling Association (RGA) last week. The scheme, to be known as GAMSTOP, is set to meet the conditions for responsible gambling that were directed in the UK’s 2014 Gambling Act. What stands out...