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 the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured) has reportedly started its wide-ranging review into existing gambling laws by releasing its ‘terms of reference’ via 45 questi...
British online casino games developer Playtech has announced that it is exclusively providing the new five-reel and 25-payline Rubik’s Cube video slot to the online gaming domain at BuzzBingo.com.
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In the United Kingdom and the government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly unveiled a plan that would raise the minimum age for those wanting to participate in the National Lottery to 18 from next ...
In the United Kingdom and the UK Tote Group has reportedly raised some £20 million ($26.7 million) in order to help diversify its product offering via a planned expansion into the football sportsbetting market....
In the United Kingdom and a wide-ranging review into existing gambling laws is reportedly set to be launched from later this week that could result in locally-licensed iGaming firms being required to institute ...
Ireland-based free-to-play (FTP) sports-game provider, SportCaller, has enhanced its relationship with Gamesys Group Plc-owned Virgin Bet (Virgin Games), having launched its advanced live-quiz product The Ladde...
British and Irish gambling behemoth Flutter Entertainment has reportedly agreed a deal worth about $4.2 billion that is to see it acquire a further 37.2% stake in American online sportsbook operator FanDuel Gro...
The share prices for some of the world’s most prominent land-based casino operators have reportedly risen following yesterday’s news that the United Kingdom has become the first country to approve the rollout o...
When the Covid-19 pandemic first began, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) created a Covid action plan. The plan was first revealed when the lockdown started in March. It provided details on what standards me...
British online casino games developer Blueprint Gaming Limited is following up the February release of its Rick and Morty Megaways video slot by launching its new five-reel and 20-payline Rick and Morty Wubba L...
The UK Government recently decided to move from the full shutdown to a tiered system based on COVID-19 current totals. The changes will begin on December 3. The changes have resulted in some casinos and betting...
Swedish supplier of digitally distributed gaming systems NetEnt has partnered with Buzz Bingo in a deal that will see its entire offering of online slot games launched with the United Kingdom's largest bingo op...
American casino operator Caesars Entertainment Incorporated has announced that its proposed $3.7 billion takeover of William Hill has been approved by the British sportsbetting giant’s shareholders.
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A new independent investigation has reportedly found that the past year has seen iGaming firms experience a significant increase in account takeover fraud attempts in addition to elevated rates of payment and p...
Maltese online casino operator Videoslots Limited has announced that it has significantly boosted player safety by adding a responsible gambling bar to its mobile-friendly domain at VideoSlots.com.
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