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, part of Flutter Entertainment, has introduced its first-ever sportsbook inside a casino, marking a significant innovation in the UK gambling landscape. Located at the prestigious Hippodrome Casino ...
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 ...
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 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...
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 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 ...
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has prohibited an advertisement by Dribble Media, trading as Midnite, after it determined the content violated gambling advertising regulations. The ad, which appe...
Maple International Ventures Limited, the operator of the online gambling site Lottomart.com, has agreed to pay £360,000 after a UK Gambling Commission investigation revealed multiple breaches of anti-money lau...
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 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...
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...
The UK’s advertising regulator, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has introduced significant changes to the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Code, aiming to close a loophole that allowed oversea...
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...
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...
Plans are underway to transform a vacant property on Queens Road, Hastings, UK, into a new adult gaming centre operated by Merkur Slots Ltd. The proposal, recently submitted to Hastings Borough Council, details...