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Originally Posted by davmcg
I remember asking the UKGC under FoI how many instances of cheating at poker had been reported to them (also a requirement at the time). They said that none had been, despite some obvious examples having taken place at their licensees. So I will take reporting procedures with a pinch of salt. In any case if the UKGC won't involve itself in a dispute, only mandating access to somewhat suspect dispute resolution organisations or suggesting legal action, reporting seems to be of limited value. The recent 888 thread would apparently have been reported them and there were plenty of now vindicated customers told that their funds were to be seized and not supplied with the reason.
The UKGC is an executive non-departmental public body of the UK government, in other words it
is the government.
Draw your own conclusions if this is a healthy state of affairs, not being truly independent, particularly when there were accusations of corruption when under Tony B
liar's/Gordon Brown's government many aspects of UK gambling laws were significantly relaxed in 2005.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1893328.stm
New "powers" given to the UKGC and the genius phrase "When The Fun Stops, Stop" were heralded by the government as a panacea to any problem gambler issues and to keeping gaming operators in line with regulations and the law.