Online casino licensing in United Kingdom
Updated 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
A casino needs a UK Gambling Commission licence to serve consumers in Great Britain, wherever the casino is based. Without it, visitors from Great Britain can't be accepted.
Who regulates online casinos in United Kingdom
The regulator is UK Gambling Commission. These facts come from its own website.
- Regulator
- UK Gambling Commission
- Law
- Gambling Act 2005
- What a casino needs
- A Gambling Commission licence to serve British consumers, wherever the casino is based. The Commission's own example is a business based in Malta whose website or app can be played from England, Scotland or Wales.
- Overseas operators
- The Commission says an applicant doesn't need to be incorporated in the UK, but must have an address in the UK where documents can be served (section 69 of the Gambling Act 2005).
Source: UK Gambling Commission. Checked on 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.
A visitor from Great Britain your casino can't accept
A casino that holds no a UK Gambling Commission licencecan't accept a registration from Great Britain, so the visit would normally end there. With a country rule for United Kingdom, that visitor sees the Adboundary screen instead. It lists partner casinos that can accept them, and Adboundary has verified every partner's licence before it can receive traffic.