The findings came as the UK Government continues its review of the 2005 Gambling Act, and led to renewed warnings that it could lead to customers being forced into the arms of black market operators, who have none of the safeguards put in place by the regulated sector, the BGC explains. And nearly one in 10 (9%) of all gambling search results were for black market sites. Overall, unregulated operators accounted for 2.5% of all visits to betting websites – amounting to 27 million visits in total.
UK Standards body the Betting and Gaming Councilhas warned about the danger posed by the illegal, online black market as it emerged UK punters visited the unregulated sites 27 million times in a year.Ī report by PWC revealed that 200,000 customers used an unlicensed gambling operator over a 12 month period between 20, staking around 1.4 billion pounds (USD 1.87 billion).
the Betting and Gaming Council said these figures show "the danger of unintentionally driving punters" into the online black market amid the UK Government's Gambling Act review. According to the new report, unregulated operators accounted for 2.5% of all visits to betting websites, And nearly 1 in 10 of all gambling search results were for black market sites.