{"id":6066,"date":"2021-10-29T17:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T17:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newbingosites.co\/?p=6066"},"modified":"2021-10-30T08:43:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T08:43:37","slug":"what-happened-to-bgo-bingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newbingosites.co\/what-happened-to-bgo-bingo\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To BGO Bingo? UK License Surrendered October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you have tried to play at BGO Bingo, Power Spins, Chilli Casino or Vegas Luck Casino since the 15th October you may have noticed you can’t play any games.\u00a0 New players can also no longer join.<\/p>\n
This is because the UK Gambling Commission suspended the license for BGO Entertainment Limited<\/a>, the company that operates BGO and the other sites.<\/p>\n As things stand there is little detail on what the suspension is for exactly but the UKGC rarely suspend licenses without a very good reason.<\/p>\n A week later on the 22nd October 2021 BGO surrendered their UK license entirely, this mans they will not be coming back.\u00a0 It remains a possibility that another company could buy the brands and bring them back but for now this seems to be the end of BGO and their brands in the UK.<\/p>\n The UKGC have said that the BGO suspension<\/a> relates to: “Failing to protect consumers was a key consideration in the suspension decision”.\u00a0 Ultimately to lift the suspension BGO would have had to demonstrate that they have worked to fix the issues that have led to the suspension before the license is reinstated.<\/p>\n The fact BGO have surrendered their license instead suggests they the fine they are facing (on the back of similar fines in previous years, read more further down) is too big or that the changes they would need to make are not attainable for them.<\/p>\n In the meantime existing customers can still access the sites and their accounts to withdraw any funds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While BGO is certainly a brand liked by their customers, boasting some of the best loyalty in the business, they have been rapped on the knuckles previously by the UKGC.<\/p>\n In 2017 the Commission gave the company an official warning relating to nine adverts on their site that contravened social responsibility codes.\u00a0 The fact they failed to react quickly in this instance also made things worse and resulted in a fine of \u00a3300,0000<\/a>.<\/p>\n The UK Gambling Commission served them an official warning for breaching social responsibility codes in 9 of the adverts on their website, and their failure to react quickly enough when this was flagged up only made matters worse.<\/p>\n It was addressed eventually, but too late in the eyes of the UKGC, who issued BGO Entertainment a fine of \u00a3300,000 not to mention the blot on their thus far pristine record.<\/p>\nNot The First Time The UKGC Has Got Involved With BGO<\/h2>\n