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The UK Gambling Craze

The new UK Gambling Commission took over full control of the land-based and online casino gambling industries on September 1, 2007 – and many in the UK are attributing the surge in gambling activities in the UK to the government’s permissive role in monitoring gambling. Because though the UK Commission is one of the most powerful Gambling Commissions in the world, the Commission takes the position of allowing the online casinos, betting companies, and other gambling companies more liberties in the UK in return for stricter regulations and control.

On the whole, this approach is not inherently negative, but it has meant that the UK has more gambling activities than ever before – granted they are closely watched and regulated by the UK Commission. Many attribute the increase in problem gamblers to three recent governmental moves. The UK abolished betting duty, meaning that more and more online casino betting, and land-based gambling companies have flooded the UK market.

Then, prior to the passage of the 2005 Gambling Act, the government pledged to address the betting shop betting terminals. Because of the ridiculously high number of problem gamblers associated with the video roulette games, most outside of the online casino industry, and many of the problem gambling support organizations called for the government to ban the terminals. But in the passage of the Gambling Act, the terminals were now under the authority of the Gambling Commission and thus will stay until the Commission deems the terminals to risky. And to that end, the Commission acknowledges that one in nine terminal gamblers are classified as addictive and will “monitor them closely."

Last on the list of contributions to the increase in UK gamblers is the popularity of the online casino gambling industry. Internet gambling is on the rise in recent years, and with the U.S. market no longer available, many online casinos companies are focusing intently on the European market.