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.
In the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured) has reportedly announced that the nation’s retail sportsbooks could well be allowed to begin emerging from their coronavirus-induced lockdowns f...
The latest edition of Chinese New Year is set to take place next week and British online casino games and software developer iSoftBet is marking this notable milestone with the launch of its new five-reel Book ...
In the United Kingdom and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld an earlier judgement against the Ladbrokes online gambling and sportsbetting brand of prominent operator Entain after determining t...
This week, Clarion Gaming has announced that the ICE London and iGB Affiliate conferences have been postponed. The events were going to be smaller this year due to COVID-19 and take place at the ExCel exhibitio...
Fresh from rebuffing a $11.1 billion takeover offer from MGM Resorts International and prominent land-based and online sportsbook operator Entain is now reportedly attempting to buy a significant portion of Aus...
In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has announced the coming implementation of a strict package of new measures that it hopes will strengthen the controls and protections for those who e...
British sportsbetting and iGaming software innovator FSB Technology Limited has announced that it has hired veteran industry professional Keith Laidlaw (pictured) to serve as an information technology and strat...
In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has announced that iGaming operator White Hat Gaming Limited is to pay a financial penalty of some £1.34 million ($1.84 million) for breaching multipl...
Adding more diverse content to its growing slot offering, Pragmatic Play has partnered with Buzz Bingo in a deal that further strengthens its presence in the United Kingdom.
Under the new agreement, the mult...
Amid the ongoing coronavirus-induced shutdown of their clubs and bingo operators in Scotland have reportedly joined together to call on the government to provide them with increased levels of sector-specific fi...
In the United Kingdom and the organization behind the BeGambleAware.org responsible gambling resource has reportedly backed the findings of a new study in asking iGaming firms to remove their range of operator-...
Prominent iGaming and sportsbook operator Entain is reportedly facing shareholder resistance to its proposed £250 million ($340.3 million) plan to purchase Baltic-facing competitor Enlabs AB.
According to a ...
In the United Kingdom and the horseracing industry has reportedly been told that the government has no intention of launching a formal review into the nation’s Horserace Betting Levy before the end of the year....
In the United Kingdom and the local subsidiary of Asian casino operator Genting Malaysia Berhad has reportedly announced the impending permanent closure of its Genting Casino Southport venue for the loss of 38 ...
In a move that allows it to grow its existing London portfolio, American casino operator Hard Rock International (HRI) has secured the casino premise license from the now-shuttered The Ritz Club.
The Florida...