Licence

Any site offering gambling to consumers in Great Britain needs a licence from the Gambling Commission. Northern Ireland sits outside that framework and runs on its own legislation.

The section covers what falls outside: operators without a UKGC licence, offshore and international sites, and the Malta, Gibraltar, Curaçao and Anjouan licences they hold instead.

The distinction that matters is where the duty sits. Offering unlicensed gambling is the operator’s offence, not the player’s — but off the licensed market there is no complaints scheme, no GAMSTOP and no guarantee about how deposits are held.

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