UKGC Clarifies Network Responsibilities Under New UK Laws
Key Takeaways
  • The UK Gambling Commission has updated its FAQs on “Implementing the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act, clarifying the responsibility that poker networks have for the poker skins that use them.
  • Networks will have to approximate the proportion of income which comes from their skins’ operations in segregated jurisdictions, what proportion from UKGC licensed operators, and what they receive from operators who can’t define the location of their customers.
  • Networks must also amend their contracts so that it is a requirement that their skins acquire their own UKGC licenses if they accept customers from the UK.

The UK Gambling Commission has updated its FAQs on “Implementing the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act,” clarifying the responsibility that poker networks have for the poker skins that use them.

The UKGC will ask licensed online poker networks—which it refers to as B2B operators—to explain where its revenues come from geographically.