Safe & legal

On an exchange the first safety question is the same as anywhere: whether the operator holds a Gambling Commission licence, and in which category.

Legal and trusted sites, secure apps and the phrases built around “not on GAMSTOP” are covered; those phrases describe operators outside the Great Britain licence, not an advantage.

A licensed operator joins GAMSTOP, answers to the Commission and, ahead of a first bet, checks the customer’s date of birth, name and address. Offering betting to Great Britain customers without the licence the Act demands is an offence by the operator, under section 33 of the Gambling Act 2005. For the customer who merely bets, no offence has been identified, though protection is forgone.

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