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.
An exclusive tournament experience can now be enjoyed at Partypoker thanks to a new partnership between the top online poker room and popular poker venue Dusk Till Dawn. The Daily UK Majors will begin launching...
In a battle that has seemed to some to see board approval of both bidders, GVC Holdings Plc is raising its bid for Bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc in an attempt to wrest a final approval from the board and...
On June 26th a Grosvenor spokesperson confirmed that their Osborne Road casino in Portsmouth would be closing with effect from the 9th August. Shortly afterward, the casino website reconfirmed the sad news for ...
The Gambling Commission in the United Kingdom will be putting in place new licensing conditions in 2016, which will require operators to participate in a multi-operator self-exclusion plan. This will allow cust...
The Ritz Club of London has prevailed in a high court case to collect on a check for more than £2 million written on 19 February 2014 by a billionaire "gambling addict". Safa Abdulla Al-Geabury must also pay da...
Ladbrokes and Gala Coral are two top betting firms in the United Kingdom. It was recently announced that both firms have now announced a new deal which will create one gambling giant as the two companies merge....
Per Eriksson, CEO of NetEnt, a gaming solutions provider, announced a 32.3 percent increase in SEK and 28.2 percent in EUR 2015 second quarter revenue compared to the corresponding quarter last year.
Increas...
Pending regulatory approval, expected later this year, Unibet Group plc will acquire the online gaming business of Stan James Group plc, including the brand. UK gambling shops were not sold in the deal. The sal...
Bet365, an Australian based online bookmaker is adding click to call wagering to their sports betting options. Click to Call wagering is currently under investigation by the Australian Federal Police due to the...
The Grosvenor Casino, located on Osborne Road in Southsea, is reportedly closing August 9, 2015. A post on Wednesday June 24, 2015 indicated the Portsmouth casino may be shutting down. The news was confirmed o...
Two of the United Kingdom’s biggest gambling firms, Ladbrokes and the Gala Coral Group, announced earlier this week that they are planning to merge operations and create one major gambling firm that will domina...
William Hill is a top gambling operator in the United Kingdom that provides both land based and online gambling options. The company’s most recent advertising campaign has come under fire by the UK Advertising ...
The UK Gambling Commission has chosen Susan Harrison to replace Jenny Williams as CEO. Williams will step down from her role in September. According to news sources, the search for a new CEO took longer than ex...
Two croupiers, Craig Walker and Daniel Johnson, figured out a way to fix a roulette wheel, so the ball would go into the same slot, while working at Coral Island Casino in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Once the wh...
On June 4th 2015 it was reported that William Hill will be withdrawing its services from the Romanian market because of current regulatory developments in the country.
From the 2nd of June their services wil...