iGaming Business – Online gaming software provider NYX Interactive, a subsidiary of the NYX Gaming Group, has been granted a remote and non-remote operating licence for the supply of gambling software in the UK market. The licences have been issued shortly after the introduction of a new law in the UK, under which all remote gambling operators in the UK market must obtain a licence from the Gambling Commission to allow them to transact with British customers and advertise in the UK. David Flynn, senior vice-president of NYX Gaming Group, described the UK as an ‘important’ sector for the company…

Poker Fuse –  The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill has now received Royal Assent, the final stage in the UK’s legislative process that indicates that the Queen has no objections to the new law. In immediate response the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has updated its FAQ on all issues that players and operators may want to ask about the new laws. The update includes changes related to the issue of the final consolidated License Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP). There are no new answers in the FAQ that have not already been addressed in the LCCP. Barring provisions for…

iGaming Business – The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill is to enter into UK law after it was granted Royal Assent by the British monarchy. The new legislation amends the 2005 Gambling Act and will enable the Gambling Commission licensing system to cover all UK remote gambling operators. Under the previous Act, remote gambling operators that located their remote gambling equipment overseas did not need a remote operating licence from the Gambling Commission regulatory body, where as UK-based companies were required to have one. The new legislation will require all remote gambling operators in the UK market to obtain a…

Gaming Intelligence – Survey results released this week by the UK Gambling Commission reveal a small rise in gambling participation levels, with 56 per cent of respondents having participated in at least one form of gambling in the previous four weeks, up from 55 per cent of respondents in March 2013. Land-based gambling continues to account for the lion’s share of activity, with 71 per cent of those gambling in the past four weeks doing so offline, while 16 per cent of respondents said that they gambled online, up from 15 per cent a year ago. Excluding people who only…

Out-Law.com – The Gambling Commission has set out plans to ensure that the manufacture, supply, installation and adaption of gambling software is only carried out by holders of gambling software licences. However, in a slight softening of previous proposals, the regulator said that it will not require “each and every business within an extended supply chain to hold a gambling software licence”. The restrictions are “important both to ensure the integrity of gambling software and to keep crime out of gambling”, it said. “By 1 January 2015 operators will have to cease using gambling software manufactured, supplied, installed or adapted…

iGaming Business – Operators unsure about how changes to the UK Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill will affect their ability to advertise across the country will be able to get the latest information and analysis at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground on 8 May as part of the Betting on Football Conference. As the UK government re-assesses existing gambling advertising controls via a series of measures involving the Advertising Standards Authority, the Committee of Advertising Practice, the Broadcast Committee of Advertising and the Gambling Commission, consultant David Clifton will open the Betting on Football Conference with an update on the latest regulatory…