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.
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...
In the United Kingdom, mobile and server-based gaming innovator Inspired Gaming Group Limited has launched land-based versions of titles from online games developer NetEnt via over 10,000 of its omni-channel an...
The UK Gambling Commission has released new figures on the gambling industry of the country, which show that online gambling has taken the top spot as far as the most popular form of gambling. The gambling mark...
Thirteen years after the launch of what was hyped at the time as the future of British casinos, Genting Club Star City, is expected to close later in January.
Owners of the Birmingham casino that opened in 2...
After being granted a new license in June of 2014, the latest Casino 36 property has opened in the English city of Wolverhampton offering a portfolio of 80 slots and 24 gaming tables alongside sportsbetting and...
New-formed UK gambling giant Ladbrokes Coral might see their earnings suffer by 25% if the UK government decides to move forward with its plans to crackdown on FOBTs (fixed-odds betting terminals). Being the bi...
Certain spam from online gambling affiliates will no longer be tolerated by the UK. Today more than 400 letters went out from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to companies the watchdog agency believe...
Poker Pro Phil Ivey is one of the most accomplished and decorated poker players in the history of the gaming having won 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and more than $23.5 million in career prize mone...
In the United Kingdom, after reviewing the results of a public consultation began in June, councilors for the southwest London borough of Kingston Upon Thames used a licensing committee meeting on Tuesday to un...