Clear answers for the British market.

Search the Gambling Commission’s register by company, trading name or exact domain. Check that the licence is active and includes remote casino activity; a foreign licence is not enough for British consumers.

Yes, when supplied to consumers in Great Britain under the appropriate Gambling Commission remote casino operating licence. The Commission expressly includes poker within remote casino games.

No. Domain endings do not grant gambling permission. Match the exact domain and trading name to an active Gambling Commission entry.

Poker may be offered in licensed casinos and, in narrower circumstances, as exempt, private or non-commercial gaming. Calling an event private does not automatically make it exempt.

The Gambling Commission states a £5 maximum stake per player per game, no more than £100 in combined poker stakes per premises per day, and a £100 maximum prize per game. No participation fee may be charged.

Use the Gambling Commission premises register, then confirm details with the relevant local licensing authority, which issues the premises licence.

No. Licensed online businesses must verify age and identity before a customer gambles, and under-18s cannot take part in exempt poker in clubs.

Set a deposit or spending limit before the first session, use reality checks or timeouts, and keep essential-expense money outside the gambling account.

GAMSTOP ONLINE provides multi-operator self-exclusion for licensed online gambling. Gambling businesses must also maintain their own self-exclusion arrangements.

An overseas licence alone does not authorise a business to serve British consumers. Unlicensed sites sit outside Gambling Commission safeguards and may expose customers to payment, withdrawal, data and crime risks.

Do not assume so. Pub exemptions have strict stake, prize and fee limits; larger or commercial events may require an operating licence, premises permission or another specific exemption.

PokerRota can support education, content, community, translation and promotion. Entry money, prizes, supervision and regulatory duties should remain with the properly licensed or exempt operator.

Confirm the operator’s licence or exemption, premises permission, local-authority position, format, stakes, prizes, fees, age controls, responsibilities and data handling in writing.