BGC. The Betting and Gaming Council

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is the single industry association for betting and gaming, representing betting shops, online gaming businesses and casinos.

The BGC will represents approximately 90 percent of the UK betting and gaming industry (excluding lotteries) – an industry that employs over 100,000 people and contributes more than £14 billion to the UK economy.

Our mission is to champion industry standards in betting and gaming to ensure an enjoyable, fair and safe betting and gaming experience for all our customers.

The BGC will set the highest industry standards. It will raise standards and build public and institutional trust in the industry through its code of conduct and codes of practice designed to ensure enjoyable, fair and safe betting and gaming.