UK offers no-deal Brexit checklist for gambling operators

How would a no-deal Brexit impact the UK’s vast gambling industry? As is the case with every other aspect of Britain’s messy, and long, break up with its European neighbors nothing is a sure bet. Regardless, UK gambling authorities recently published an eight-point guide titled, Preparing for no deal Brexit if you work in gambling to help operators cope with could be a very chaotic period for their businesses.
The document, which is relatively brief given the vast consequences of Britain’s departure from the European Union, covers everything from how operators should handle visas for foreign employees to how accounting procedures might change. For the most part, Preparing for no deal Brexit if you work in gambling is composed of links to other documents such as Providing services to any country in the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland after Brexit. It also includes plenty of information on what to do if you’re based in Gibraltar.
One area that is of particular importance to gambling operators is the issue of where their physical servers are hosted. In an open market like the European Union, there’s some flexibility regarding where these critical pieces of infrastructure are housed. In the post-Brexit world (deal or no deal) many of those servers could be headed back to the UK.
Some of the other thorny issues that a no-deal Brexit offers are how to navigate copyright issues and how to maintain European levels of privacy.
In short, a no-deal Brexit would be a real mess for gambling operators in the UK.