The UK Gambling Commission was set up beneath the Gambling Act 2005 to direct commercial betting in Great Britain. In 2013 they too took over the obligations of the National Lottery Commission to control the National Lottery. Today over 100 well-established online casinos are authorized by the UK Gambling License. See the complete list below.
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) UK Gambling Commission License regularly make information available on their website. This includes their publication scheme, which contains the information they need to provide to comply with the Information Commissioner’s definition documents.
Type of Licenses
The UK Gambling License makes a difference between gaming, betting, and participation in a lottery and regulates each of them differently to a certain extent.
- a casino operating license;
- a bingo operating license;
- a general betting operation license;
- a pool betting operation license;
- a betting intermediary operation license;
- a lottery operation license.