{"id":163,"date":"2015-04-10T13:10:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T13:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2017-05-12T14:54:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T14:54:42","slug":"three-major-gaming-firms-acquire-uk-licensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/three-major-gaming-firms-acquire-uk-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Major Gaming Firms Acquire UK Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/uk-gambling-commission.jpg\" alt=\"UK Gambling Commission\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-81\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/worldwide-gambling-licensing-authorities\/uk-gambling-commission\">UK Gambling Commission (UKGC)<\/a> has announced that it has granted licenses to three reputable online gaming providers \u2013 <strong>NetEntertainment, Core Gaming and Betsson<\/strong>. The license gives the betting firms an opportunity to remain in the UK gaming market as well as expanding its services. <\/p>\n<p>The three firms can now operate in the country offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/uk\/legal-uk-online-betting-sites\">betting services to UK<\/a> residence and Betsson will provide its services via Mr.Smitth, BetSafe and Betsson casinos.  Betsson always wanted to remain in the market since they see it as lucrative and its licensing system as sustainable. <\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netent.com\/\">NetEntertainment<\/a> has been temporarily offering betting services in the UK making use of a temporary license and NetEnt\u2019s CEO commented, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is actually a milestone for NetEntertainment to have been approved a UK licenses by the UKGC and we ensure to deliver quality gaming services to all UK residence. UK is actually one of the largest in the gaming market and this will surely strengthen our strategy for expansion and growth in the regulated markets<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The British developer, Core Gaming is the third to be approved the UK license by UKGC. The betting firm provides its games for operators such as <strong>Sky Vegas<\/strong> and recently it announced that it will be developing 20 new slots, instant win games as well as table games to be released this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced that it has granted licenses to three reputable online gaming providers \u2013 NetEntertainment, Core Gaming and Betsson. The license gives the betting firms an opportunity to remain in the UK gaming market as well as expanding its services. 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