The Gambling Commission  in the United Kingdom is an organisation set up predominantly to oversea Gambling and Gaming taking over the role previously played by the Gaming Board for Great Britain in regulating casinos, bingo, gaming machines and lotteries.  The Gambling Commission regulates gambling working to prevent and keep crime out of the activity, by ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and openly, and by protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling.  The Commission also provides independent advice to government on gambling within the UK.

The Gambling Commission use their website as a platform to provide as much information and help as possible for both the public sector and those who hold or wish to obtain a gambling license.  With a comprehensive frequently asked questions section that covers in detail just about everything your likely to need to know, the Gambling Commission have succeeded in making sure that the responsibility placed on them as regulators is taken very seriously.   From information on how to obtain a license for an arcade to information on Casinos the site provides you with everything your likely to need to know which includes application fees for the particular license your after.

Do you have a complaint about a particular gambling organisation or experience?  The Gambling Commission can help here by firstly providing you in the right direction regarding your first port of call such as citizens advice or websites like GamAid who are usually only to happy to help, to then to taking up your complaint if needs be by enforcing the relevant legislation in place to protect the consumer.  You’ll find that this site is designed with help as the predominant purpose as the site provides you access to some of the very best external resources that are specific to the gaming and gambling arena.

What we found impressive is that a regulatory body has taken the time to recognise that there are obvious problems within its industry such as addiction and with this in mind they’ve provided a great page of useful information for those unfortunate enough to have a problem with gambling. The Gambling Commission work closely with the Responsibility in Gambling Trust (RIGT), which is an independent charity set up to tackle problem gambling through the funding of treatment, education and research, and like the many other sites and resources accessible through this site the Gambling Commission have done the industry proud in its representation of all aspects for both client and consumer.

You can contact the Gambling Commission at:

Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham B2 4BP
Tel: 0121 230 6666
Fax: 0121 230 6720
info@gamblingcommission.gov.uk