Tag Archives: UK
UK Cracks Whip on Online Casino Responsibility
Resolution services will be required to take more responsibility in handling online casino complaints under UK Guidance. The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is continuing its steam roll of irresponsible behavior in the online gaming sector. This week, the Commission published a new set of standards pertaining to the management of … Continue reading
Overview of Online Gambling Licenses and Jurisdictions
Online gambling jurisdictions and what their licenses mean to you. Throughout the world, every law, every ordinance, every code, is managed by a jurisdiction. Whether it’s a city, municipality, county, province/state or country that is responsible depends on whether it deals with a local or federal law. There is no … Continue reading
The Stars Group seeks Sky Betting Funding via TSX, Nasdaq
Toronto online gambling juggernaut proposes common shares public offering. The Stars Group is already among the largest online gambling companies in the world. Based out of Toronto, it owns some of the largest iGaming operations in existence. Its portfolio includes online poker behemoths PokerStars and Full Tilt, along with the … Continue reading
Stars Group buys SkyBet… What Happens Next?
Future gets brighter still for Canada online gambling firm The Stars Group. Should SkyBet’s rivals be nervous? As we learned over the weekend, The Stars Group, an online gambling behemoth based in Toronto, Canada, boosted its portfolio with a major acquisition. The company spent a whopping $4.7 billion to acquire … Continue reading
Is Bluffing an Effective Poker Strategy? The ASA says No
ASA pulls PokerStars ad for promoting bluffing strategies in poker. This year, the UK has been cracking down on its internet gambling licencees like never before. Following an investigation that unveiled massive incidents of irresponsible behavior, major operators are facing penalties left and right. The worlds largest online poker room, … Continue reading
UK Online Casino gets Wrist-Slap for Derogatory Tweet
ASA reprimands online casino slots site for insulting women on Twitter. Throughout the centuries, women have fought for equality. One of the hardest things to attain was not constitutional rights, but to be free of judgment. An overweight man reading the news on television draws no comment, but on overweight … Continue reading
Online Gambling Affiliate Programs at risk in the UK
Countless online gambling affiliates jobs at risk thanks to group of unethical tipsters. For the last two decades, the online gambling industry has been a lucrative, multi-tier business. It’s not just a market that consists of internet gaming operators and the customers they serve. Like every other business in the … Continue reading
888’s £7.8M Failure to provide Safe Online Gambling
888 finds out how serious UK regulators are about safe online gambling practices. After two decades, the online gambling industry has evolved tremendously. It started as a slap-shod industry with little or no regulation. Now, it’s a strictly regulated form of interactive entertainment in many jurisdictions. The United Kingdom has … Continue reading
