United Kingdom

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.

Robinhood Sets Sights on Global Prediction Markets Expansion

Robinhood Markets Inc., best known for reshaping retail stock trading, is now preparing to take its fast-growing prediction markets business beyond U.S. borders. The company has already opened discussions with ...

United Kingdom: Labour MPs Push for Higher Gambling Taxes to End Two-Child Benefit Cap

Rachel Reeves, United Kingdom's Chancellor of the Exchequer, is facing mounting pressure from her own backbenches as more than 100 Labour MPs demand that gambling companies pay higher taxes to help finance the ...

Virgin Bet Backs TNT Sports for Europa League Sponsorship

Virgin Bet has revealed a landmark sponsorship agreement with TNT Sports, marking its debut in football partnerships by backing the broadcaster’s exclusive coverage of the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Europa Con...

CMA Says Spreadex Must Sell Sporting Index to Restore Competition

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Spreadex’s 2023 acquisition of Sporting Index’s consumer business eliminated the only rival in the country’s licensed online sports spread-betting...

Intralot Secures €660M Financing to Support Bally’s Interactive Acquisition

Intralot S.A. has confirmed the completion of a significant financing arrangement worth €660 million to help fund its previously announced acquisition of Bally’s International Interactive. The company revealed ...

Genting to Revive London Trocadero With Casino and Leisure Hub

Genting UK has unveiled plans to reintroduce the London Trocadero as a major leisure destination, converting a portion of the historic site into a casino and entertainment complex. As stated on the company's we...

Allwyn UK Completes Historic National Lottery Tech Upgrade with Scientific Games’ Momentum Ecosystem

Allwyn UK has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of the largest technology conversion in global lottery history, transitioning its National Lottery operations to Scientific Games' Momentum eco...

UK Racing Cancels All Meetings in Historic Protest Over Betting Tax Hike

British racing is staging an unprecedented, sport-wide stoppage to oppose the Government’s move to fold online betting duties into a single, higher band. For the first time in modern history, racecourses, owner...

Paddy Power Becomes NFL’s Official Sportsbook Partner in UK and Ireland for 2025-26 Season

Paddy Power, a leading bookmaker from Flutter Entertainment, has secured a one-year partnership with the National Football League (NFL) to become the official sportsbook partner for the 2025-26 season in the UK...

UK Charges Former Entain Executives Over Turkey Operations

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has brought charges against 11 individuals, including several former top executives of GVC Holdings, now known as Entain, over historic operations in Turkey between 2011 a...