If you count the thousands of betting shops along with the casinos, the United Kingdom offers more gambling facilities than the United States, the country with the most casinos in the world. The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) administers one of the world's largest and most robust regulatory and enforcement frameworks in existence, so the Gambling Commision features prominently in our reporting about the UK. London is also home to some of the most important conferences and trade shows for online and terrestrial casinos so were cover those as well.
Mergers and acquisitions occur in Great Britain with greater regularity as the industry consolidates and big fish eat smaller fish. Not all partnerships result in one of the entities being consumed, so we stay on top of news about UK-based and licensed online casino game developers as software agnostic platforms dominate the industry.
Paddy Power Betfair has agreed to a £2 million regulatory settlement following a UK Gambling Commission investigation that identified repeated social responsibility failings across several of its remote gamblin...
Evoke has begun a formal examination of its future direction, telling investors it will assess several possible routes for the business after recent UK tax decisions reshaped its financial outlook. The announce...
A Stoke-on-Trent man who operated an extensive WhatsApp-based gambling service has received a suspended custodial sentence and a series of financial penalties after investigators uncovered a wide-ranging illega...
A long-running legal fight in the United Kingdom between property investor Lee Gibson and Betfair reached its conclusion after the Court of Appeal ruled that the operator bore no responsibility for Gibson’s gam...
The Chancellor’s Autumn Budget has prompted strong concern within the betting and gaming sector following plans to sharply raise taxes across online gaming and sports betting. Although racing has avoided a dire...
The UK's online betting and iGaming industry is currently facing a new tax structure and increasingly strict player protection rules. This article details the complex pressures shaping the response.
The reg...
Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited, known as Betfred, must pay £825,000 after regulators found shortcomings in the company’s oversight of anti-money laundering processes and safer gambling safeguards within i...
The UK gambling sector is preparing for the most dramatic reshaping of its tax environment in years after official documents released in error confirmed sweeping increases affecting online casinos and sports be...
The UK Gambling Commission has reinstated the operating licence for VGC Leeds Limited after the regulator concluded that the operator had taken the substantial corrective steps required to address serious anti-...
The UK Gambling Commission has issued a £650,000 financial penalty and a formal warning to Videoslots—now operating under the Immense Group name—after uncovering what it described as substantial shortcomings in...
In a sweeping move, MPs on the Treasury Select Committee have urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise taxes on gaming products and online casinos. The move comes as online casino revenue figures continue to gro...
Orange Gaming B.V. has secured a license from the Netherlands Gambling Authority, allowing the company to legally offer online casino games in the country. This approval marks a key milestone as the operator en...
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has concluded its four-part research project on illegal online gambling, revealing persistent difficulties in accurately assessing the scale of the black market. The final repo...
MPs are urging UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves to dismiss what they describe as “scaremongering” from the gambling industry and impose higher taxes on its most harmful products, including high-street slot machines ...
London’s Southwark Crown Court has formally scheduled the first stage of a sweeping criminal prosecution involving former Entain (previously GVC Holdings) executives, including ex–chief executive Kenny Alexande...