{"id":1361,"count":19,"description":"<h2 id=\"what-it-means\">What a UK Gambling Commission licence means for players<\/h2>\n<p>The UK Gambling Commission is one of the strictest online gambling regulators anywhere. Any casino that takes players in Great Britain needs its licence, wherever the company is based, and the licence comes with detailed conditions that the Commission enforces with public fines that run into millions of pounds.<\/p>\n<p>At a UK-licensed casino:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"check-list\">\n<li>Your age and identity are checked before you can deposit or play, and the casino should not hold up a withdrawal to ask for documents it could have asked for earlier.<\/li>\n<li>Every online casino must be part of GAMSTOP, the free national self-exclusion scheme that blocks you from all UK-licensed gambling sites at once.<\/li>\n<li>Credit cards are banned for gambling, including credit cards loaded into e-wallets.<\/li>\n<li>Bonus wagering is capped at 10 times the bonus, and one bonus cannot require you to play across different products such as sports and casino.<\/li>\n<li>Online slots are limited to \u00a35 a spin, or \u00a32 for players aged 18 to 24.<\/li>\n<li>Player money must be kept in a separate bank account, and the casino must tell you how well your balance is protected if it goes bust: not protected, medium or high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are limits. The Commission does not look into individual complaints or recover money for players, and your balance is not guaranteed by the government the way a bank deposit is. The licence also covers Great Britain only: a UK-licensed brand may run its international site under a different licence.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"disputes\">Complaints and disputes<\/h2>\n<p>Complain to the casino first, using its complaints process. It has eight weeks to resolve the complaint. If it does not, or it sends you a final response earlier, you can take the complaint to the independent dispute service the casino names, such as IBAS or eCOGRA. The service is free for you, and you cannot skip the casino's own process.<\/p>\n<p>Dispute services do not handle customer service issues or a casino's refusal to accept a bet. If you are still unhappy after the dispute service rules, you can take the casino to the small claims court. 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