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.
Beginning in April of this year, betting operators in the United Kingdom will have to provide 10% of race wagering revenues to the racing industry. Last Friday, Tracey Crouch, the Minister for Sports, Tourism a...
It’s been an exciting decade for fans of the casino. In a relatively short space of time they have seen a plethora of new ways to enjoy their favourite games so now there truly is 24 hour gaming and, best of al...
Thoroughbred horse racing venue, Chelmsford City Racecourse, located in Essex, England, has been given the green light to open an all-night casino, according to EssexLive.
The venue, located near Chelmsford ...
The largest casino in north England and Scotland, and the third largest casino in the UK, Victoria Gate Casino, will open to the public on Thursday, January 26, 2017.
The casino, to open in the already thriv...
One of the biggest UK sport betting operators with over 1,400 betting shops across the country, BetFred, has recently announced its latest partnership with Oxford-based casino game designers, Realistic Games (R...
ICE Totally Gaming 2017, to be held at the sprawling ExCel London in the heart of London’s historic Royal Docks again this year from February 7 to 9, will be their biggest show ever with 40,925 sqm (440,513 sq ...
The National Lottery has created millionaires on a regular basis for many years but it seems 2016 was a record year. According to information released by Camelot, a lottery operator in the United Kingdom, the N...
London Affiliate Conference (LAC), the world’s largest igaming, forex and binary affiliate conference, is expecting over 5,000 delegates at the 2017 gambling conference in London, and will differ in format from...
Retail and online betting products and services supplier Satellite Information Services Limited has exited licensing agreements with other providers of its horseracing and greyhound racing data in order to beco...
Ahead of its planned opening next month, Victoria Gate Casino in the United Kingdom has appointed Leanne McKenna to the post of Head Of Marketing And Customer Experience.
A project of Global Gaming Ventures ...
Camelot, an operator for the UK National Lottery, is going to have to pay a huge fine for breaching the terms of their operating license, according to the UK Gambling Commission. Reportedly, the UKGC has fined ...
Shares in London-listed online payment systems provider Paysafe Group plunged almost 38% yesterday following an accusation that some of its outsourced services have been facilitating “both illegal gambling and ...
The Lancashire town of Preston in the United Kingdom is home to a tall tower known as the Guild Tower, a fifteen story building. The tower may soon be transformed if the city council agrees to plans that would ...
Over 1,000 applicants are reported to have applied for jobs at the upcoming Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds. Victoria Gate is a 1,400 guest entertainment hub that is to house the third largest casino in the UK - ...
The founder and former CEO of UK sport betting giant Paddy Power, Stewart Kenny, had lobbied against the introduction of FOBTs (fixed-odds betting terminals) in Ireland, UK news outlet The Times reveals. Namely...