Safe & legal

A better price from an unlicensed operator is a trade, and the cost sits in protections that never show on the slip. This section sets out what those protections are.

Sites called safe or trusted, secure apps and the whole “not on GAMSTOP” vocabulary come under review; that vocabulary names operators outside the Great Britain licence.

A licensed operator confirms identity before the first bet and takes part in GAMSTOP. Section 33 of the Gambling Act 2005 makes unlicensed provision an offence for the operator, and the customer who merely bets has no identified offence to face but gives up the complaints route, GAMSTOP and the 10x cap.

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