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, the Association of British Bookmakers in Scotland is reportedly set to partner with leading sportsbetting operators Ladbrokes and William Hill to launch a responsible gambling education p...
One of the largest UK bookmakers, BetFred, has signed a sponsorship agreement with the English Championship club Bolton Wanderers to have its name on the team’s shirts during the next two seasons, an official a...
Online gaming content and systems innovator Playtech has signed a deal with the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corporation that will see its Neon Enterprise casino man...
In the United Kingdom, the indecisive result of last Thursday’s general election could soon lead to a less than rosy future for operators of the nation’s 34,388 land-based fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs).
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In the United Kingdom, the non-profit Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding that will see it partner with the Gambling Commission in order to better d...
BitStarz, one of the world’s leading online casinos, is giving you and a friend the chance to see British pop star Adele live in concert!
To get in on the action, it’s simple. First, if you don’t already hav...
In the United Kingdom, the Court Of Appeal has upheld an earlier ruling that gave the Gambling Commission regulator the right to prevent pubs from obtaining a gambling license even if the operator had satisfied...
In recognition of the high information security standards of its online gambling platform, British software developer Bede Gaming Limited has been granted ISO 27001 certification by the International Organizati...
In the United Kingdom, the latest figures from the Gambling Commission regulator show that the domestic industry generated record gross annual gambling yield of £13.8 billion ($17.9 billion) for the twelve mont...
Popular UK bookmaker Paddy Power is reportedly the first online sportsbook to offer betting through the Facebook Messenger App, a news update from Asia Gaming Brief reveals. The Irish/UK betting giant known for...
The Amsterdam Affiliate Conference (AAC), one of the biggest affiliate events in the iGaming sector, will be sponsoring the LondonSEO meetup that will take place next Tuesday, May 23rd, after day one of the SMX...
Leading UK-based game studio, Blueprint Gaming Ltd, part of Germany’s Gauselmann Group, is launching an HTML5 slot title based on the series of American crime comedy films, Naked Gun.
The five-by-three reel,...
A Ladbrokes email advertisement featuring Iron Man, a famous Marvel superhero, was banned last year when the standards watchdog felt that the betting promotion was targeting children. The gambling operator has ...
Consumer protection is on the mind of the Gambling Commission, a group that is currently placing their focus on online gaming operator 888 Holdings. It was announced yesterday that a subsidiary of 888 Holdings ...
UK-licensed online poker site PKR is shutting down after suffering “financial difficulties”, official statements posted on the website last Wednesday revealed. As the update stated, the operator is currently re...