UK Gambling Archive

According to years' worth of statistics gathered by the BBC Panorama program, complaints against iGaming operators are up a staggering 5,000% in the last 5 years. The report showed that in the UK alone, just 169 formal complaints were filed in 2013, increasing to a fiendishly high 8,266 across the full 12 months of...

On the morning of August 5, 2019, JPG Group issued a mass email to all UK-based customers and affiliates of its flagship online casino operations, Vera&John and InterCasino, advising them to initiate a withdrawal request of any remaining balance in their accounts. They were given four weeks, until September 3, to complete the...

The UK Gambling Commission has struck one of its largest and most successful licensees, the Ladbrokes Coral Group, with a massive fine of £5.9 million. Over the last two years, the size of the UKGC's fines has grown exponentially – partly because the government said the severity of punishments will increase to dissuade...

Now, for the first time in history, one government is enforcing a new rule that will prohibit operators from offering gambling services – free or otherwise – to any player who has not yet undergone the process of age verification. The idea is to prevent young people – those too young to gamble legally...

Are aggressive online casino promotions normalizing gambling? In times past, a woman in the workforce was unheard of in mainstream society. Over time, and especially instigated by during World War II, the need for more laborers saw a welcoming of female employees. Slowly the stigma faded into history. It became normal for women to...

Extrapolating Canada’s reluctance to amend federal online gambling laws. Did you ever wondered why Canada is among the few remaining major nations of the world still under the ‘grey market‘ label for online gambling? Most European nations have either authorized or prohibited it. Likewise, most US States now have specific laws on the books,...

What does it take for the UKGC to strip an online gambling license? We may never know… News reports from the UK Gambling Commission this morning were shocking, at least for this writer. Over the last many months, we’ve seen the UKGC raining fines down on internet gambling operators who violate the region’s strict...

Notorious ruler, legendary gambler, King Henry VIII of England. Of all England’s past rulers, few are more universally recognized as King Henry VIII. His ambitious political stratagem helped mold centuries of success for the nation. His notorious execution of servants and wives, and alienation of the Roman Catholic Church, destroyed his reputation. And it...

Fine-happy UKGC issues Enforcement report to help online gambling companies avoid future penalties. Since legislating a whole new iGaming regulatory and licensing regime in late 2014, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has dished up millions in fines to operators who fail to comply with the legislative agenda. In the last year, they’ve been...

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