Online Casino In UK

The Gambling Commission of Britain is the independent body that regulates commercial gambling in the country. The Commission recently announced the appointment of its new chairman, Philip Graf. Philip Graf has served as deputy chairman of Ofcom, the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries and therefore has a wealth of experience as an unbiased regulator.

So you will win this years Champions League final? Manchester United or Barcelona? Barcelona are the favourites and they will be very hard to beat, but if there is one team who can beat them, then it is Manchester United! It will be an amazing game to watch because both teams play good football. I hope United will do it. It will be a great sendoff for players like Van Der Sar, Scholes and Giggs. I am sure many of you will betting on the game, especially in the casinos in London, the city where the final is being played.

Winning the lottery can happen to you, especially when you least expect it (well everyone expects to win it when they get a ticket). Matthew Breach will tell you because he won a £17.8 million Lotto by accident. Wow what a bonus!

Ballabriggs wins the Grand National 2011! Jason Maguire was the lucky jockey to ride Ballabriggs and I’m sure so many UK gamblers made some good cash betting on Ballabriggs to win the Grand National. I know I did! Below are the final results of this great horse race famous around the world but more popular in the UK.

Have you heard about the new development in the UK online casino gambling industry where the UK government was looking to ask offshore online gambling operators who are based outside the UK to obtain a British license and pay taxes to the British government? This was reported in January and it was believed that these new changes may come into effect this month. As soon as this was made public the government started a consultative process with the parties involved and the result of this process is expected to be released later this month or early in April.

A 61 year old heating engineer, Steve Whiteley, won a massive £1.4million with a £2 bet on the horses. How amazing is that? He won the Tote Jackpot at a race horse meeting in Exeter, Devon. This is the biggest ever win at the races for that amount of money bet. What a bonus! Steve Whiteley is obviously very ecstatic about his winnings.

What a glorious year for the UK film industry. The brilliant movie, The King’s Speech, starring Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter, won 4 Oscars! Now this meant that the UK betting industry did very well too. How many of you made bets on who would win in the Oscars? I did and made some good cash betting on Colin Firth to win best actor.

Football tycoon, Mike Ashley, recently blew £1million at a casino in a few hours playing craps. How crap is that! For those of you who don’t know, Mike Ashley is the owner of Newcastle United. He was accompanied by the footie team manager Alan Pardew, who he first met in a famous casino in London.

Well it is that time of the year when you think about sharing, spending and family. Yes, it is Christmas and this means celebration all over the world and that would include our own fun world of online casinos. What better way to bring in the festivities if not for wonderful special promotions and new casino slots games with Christmassy themes? And tweaking up old Christmas based slots, according to current hot promotions is another treat that I would not miss for anything.

Audley Harrison is the proud European heavyweight champion. But now he seems to be expanding his interests to a different kind of ring. The champ has signed the deal with Full Tilt Poker and will represent the online poker company on the internet and several land-based tournaments. Having an Olympic Champion on their side will certainly help Full Tilt maintain its reputation as the fastest growing online poker room.