Official language: English
Population: 60,975,000
Currency: Pound Sterling (GBP)

Current Exchange Rate
1 EUR = 0.9194 GBP
1 USD = 0.6132 GBP

Casinos in United Kingdom
Today, there are more than 130 casinos scattered across the UK. Prior to the 1960s, the country’s casino industry was unregulated, despite the fact that casino gambling was quite popular. Once the Betting and Gaming Act was passed in 1960, gambling halls became formalized, but they still remained small – a limit of 10 gaming machines was imposed on each “casino”.

It was the Gambling Act of 1968 that really opened the doors to the UK’s casino industry, because this new legislation allowed for large-scale casinos to be built. The rules were amended once again in 2005, this time expanding things even further and allowing for massive resort casinos to be established. These modern “super casinos” rival those found in Las Vegas, sending the UK into the books as a world-class casino gambling destination.

Online Casinos in United Kingdom
The online casino industry in the UK has really skyrocketed over the last few years, and the UK Gambing Commission grants licenses to companies allowing them to operate online gambling websites. While this has lead to a huge number of UK-based internet casinos, there are actually far more online casinos that accept UK players than are actually licensed by the Gambling Commission. This is because many of them are licensed by the Government of Gibraltar, which is a UK territory. There are more than 20 major UK online casinos hosted from there, including some of the more famous sites like 32Red and Ladbrokes Casino.

As broadband internet gets more accessible across the UK, and restrictions governing online gambling slacken, the pastime is becoming more and more popular. Land-based casinos still outnumber UK internet casinos (there are currently more than 140 land-based casinos across the UK), but more and more of them are moving online, so the gap is steadily decreasing. In the end, the UK remains a great place for online casinos.