Britain’s regulated gambling sector has strengthened its case on player protection after new independent testing found 97% compliance with age-verification requirements among Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) members. The figure, recorded between May 2025 and April 2026, gives the industry its strongest age-check result across the four annual reporting periods covered by Serve Legal’s benchmarking. […]
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The return of Premier League football is set to bring another surge of betting activity. Still, the excitement surrounding the new season comes alongside a growing concern for UK gambling regulators: the expansion of the illegal betting market. The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) estimates that unlicensed operators could take up to £800m in bets […]
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While the debate around UK gambling reform has focused heavily on tighter rules for licensed operators, a new warning from the Betting and Gaming Council shifts attention elsewhere. The bigger risk, it argues, may be the growing visibility of illegal gambling operators, whose advertising spend is climbing fast enough to challenge the licensed market itself. […]
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