Licence

An operator outside GAMSTOP is outside the UK licensed market, and the licence it does hold decides what obligations remain.

The section works through the alternatives: Malta MGA, Gibraltar, Curaçao and Anjouan, plus offshore, international and foreign sites serving British players.

Two things need separating. Offering unlicensed gambling to Britain is the operator’s offence, not the player’s — the player breaks no law by opening an account. But there is no British complaints scheme, no approved dispute-resolution route and no UK requirement about how deposits are held.

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