The Commission Aren’t Gambling with the Facts

The Gambling Commission are responsible for the regulating of all gambling organisations and ensure that vulnerable people and in particular children are protected from any consequential harm from gambling, as well as ensuring Casinos, bingo halls, gaming machines and lotteries and now including online, television and telephone gambling, follow all the necessary rules and regulations of the Gambling Act 2005. It is worth noting however, that the commission are not responsible for regulating the National Lottery which is controlled by the National Lottery Commission, nor Spread Betting which is controlled by the Financial Services Authority.

Your Guide to safe online Gambling

The Gambling Commission have produced a helpful guide for all those that use online gambling sites. The guide focuses on making online gamblers aware of the risks involved and how to gauge the legitimacy of an online gambling site, such as ensuring that the site is licensed by a regulator. The guide is a useful document that makes it entirely clear what checks that online gamblers should carry out to protect themselves – and of course their cash! The Gambling Commission does place the onus on the gambler themselves to ensure that they are aware of all the risks and who they are entrusting their personal details to, which may be stating the obvious to some but to others is a necessary warning. It is sad but true that many people place immense faith in online sites as being legitimate and then find afterwards that they have had their fingers burned – make sure that you are not one of the unfortunate few by following the helpful advice contained in this leaflet.

Online gambling should be fun, safe and fair, please do enjoy your online gambling – but make certain that you are well informed and have made the right choice before parting with either your personal details or your cash!