Safe & legal

A good price on a match is worth nothing if the operator holds no licence to serve Great Britain. The section keeps that legal question in front of any talk of reputation.

Secure apps and sites billed as legal or trusted are covered, as are phrases such as “betting sites not on GAMSTOP”. In law those phrases point to operators outside the Great Britain licence, which is no advantage.

Before any first bet a licensed operator checks who the customer is: name, address, date of birth. It also takes part in GAMSTOP and answers to the Commission. The offence belongs to an operator serving Great Britain without a licence; none has been identified for a customer who merely bets, but that customer forfeits protection.

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