So, How's the Online Gambling Scene in the UK?

It's been a busy year for the UK Gambling Commission. In a report released recently they detail their activities over the past twelve months. The report shows that 3,428 operators with 4,199 operating licenses were approved in the 12 month period. This included operators who had been granted with both remote and non-remote licenses.

Those are staggering numbers but this is their first year of operation and many of the approvals were probably rubber stamp affairs.

The GC also reported that it had published its License Conditions and Codes of Practice in June and that these had come into force in September. These conditions establish the regulatory framework within which licensed operators must provide facilities for gambling.

A prevalence survey was also published in September covering the incidence of gambling and problem gambling. This study will be repeated every three years, and the Commission is to provide a benchmark against which the effectiveness of any new regulations will be judged.

The Commission also stated that its focus had moved from re-licensing the industry towards working to ensure that operators understood and complied with the new requirements placed on them under its license conditions and codes of practice.