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We recommend the following useful local and national gambling resource sites:

Online Casino Guide
A great casino guide with independant reviews of online casinos for UK players. Includes very detailed and useful game tips and strategy guides and also has a blacklist of online casinos to avoid at all costs!

Online Poker Guide
Really good directory with all the detail you need to know about playing poker. Includes full rules and stragety guides and links to the best places to play online.

Department of Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)
In 2001 casino gaming in Britain was transferred to the DCMS. It had been under the Home Office since the creation of the Gaming Board in 1968.

Gambling Review
British Home Office website with information on the 9 member Gambling Review body set up in December 1999. The final report became available on 17th July 2001.

The Gambling Review Report  aka - The Budd Report)
The 260 pages contain 175 recommendations.

Interactive Gaming Council
The Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), founded in 1999, is an industry wide organisation made up of online gambling sites, online gambling portals, and others involved in the world of Internet gambling. The IGC Seal of Approval is a logo that appears on online gambling sites and symbolises that those sites adhere to the highest ethical standards. The Seal of Approval program also gives players access to dispute resolution through an IGC mediator who works to resolve any problems the player may have with an IGC associated gambling site.

Off Shore Gaming Association
The Off Shore Gaming Association (OSGA) is a watchdog group that monitors the off shore sports gaming industry. The OSGA lists reputable online sportsbooks and online casinos. The OSGA also has a variety of other sports related tools to help the average bettor.

Internet Gaming Commission
The Internet Gaming Commission is an online gambling watchdog group that helps to inform players about safe places to gamble online. The Internet Gaming Commission also has a dispute resolution section that attempts to mediate any problem that arises between a player and an online gambling site.

A Safe Bet for Success - Modernising Britain's Gambling Laws:  CM 5397
Unveiled by Tessa Jowell the then Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport. It is the  British Government's response to the Gambling Review Report.

Modernising Britain's Gambling Laws - Draft Gambling Bill:  Cm6014
The first part of the draft Gambling Bill.

Draft Gambling Bill
Parts I & II