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

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

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Gambling in United Kingdom
Gambling in the United Kingdom has been legal for decades. The first form of gambling to be regulated was the lottery, which was established in the mid 1930s. The years following World War II saw a massive surge in the country’s interest in gambling, but it wasn’t until later that the industry formalized. The early 1960s saw the emergence of regulation and taxation of everything from casinos to off-course betting shops.

Initially, only small venues with a few game machines were allowed, but new regulations under the Gambling Act of 2005 opened the way for large scale casinos. Today, the gambling industry in the United Kingdom is enormous. Bingo is immensely popular, and bingo halls can be found even in the smallest downs. Every pub is host to at least one gambling machine. Gambling is legal in nearly all its forms, and is very well regulated and controlled throughout the country.

Online Gambling in United Kingdom
The UK is also a hotspot for online gambling of all kinds. Not only is it popular among residents, but it's made easy since there is nothing in current legislation which makes it illegal, or seeks to prevent British residents gambling on the internet in their own homes. In fact, the UK Gambling Commission grants licenses to companies that wish to set up internet gambling sites, letting them operate from within UK territory and serve customers in other parts of the world.

Recent changes in internet gambling legislation have increased the Remote Gaming Tax that is deducted from all UK online gaming sites' profits. This has had a huge impact on the industry, and some critics think it marks be beginning of the end, because it encourages companies to get their licenses elsewhere. Some of the UK’s largest online gambling groups have already moved their offices offshore, where taxes are lower. Whatever the future holds for UK online gambling, it's very popular today, and some of the world's best gambling sites come from there.