Times have certainly changed regarding gambling online, for the UK Gambling Commission that regulates all UK-facing casino sites have brought in a raft of measures to protect gamblers, often from themselves and are forcing their licence holders to implement them.

Therefore, anybody that does play real money casino games online from anywhere in Great Britain is going to find lots of rules, and often ones that appear rather strange that are not in place for players from elsewhere in the World even at similarly themed gambling sites.

One of them will be that no casino games available to UK players can have an auto-play setting, for it has been decided allowing players to set any game to play itself automatically is too much of a risk and could cause players to lose more money than they may be comfortable to lose.

As to whether or not that is actually true remains to be seen, for some games, when the auto play setting is in play, will use the correct playing strategy for that game, such as when playing Blackjack or Video Poker, so it helps them win or at the very least play optimally with no mistakes.

However, that is no longer an option for anybody living in Great Britain unless they choose to play at any casino sites that are not licensed in the UK.

Slot machines do of course come with all manner of settings and built-in features, however, another one that British players will not see attached to any slot games offered by UK Gambling Commission licensed casino sites are the buy-a-bonus game options.

Those option settings when offered allows players to buy a bonus game for a large multiple of their base game stake, often 50 or even 100 times their base game stake amount, that is also deemed to be a risky proposition by the Gambling Commission and in their opinion, by not making it available they are protecting players from taking one too many risks when playing online slot games.

If you do regularly gamble online then you may have noticed some casino sites have done away with many of their once popular slot machines, or as they like to say have chosen to retire them.

That is often due to the fact the Gambling Commission of Great Britain have ordered that any slot games that are themed around cartoon characters or boast any type of theme that children would find appealing are to be banned, so as not to attract underage gamblers to play them online.

I do have to say that is something of a strange ruling, due solely to the fact that all online and mobile casino sites are obliged to verify the identity, age and address of all customers that sign up to their sites, so the chance a child could ever sign up to such a site is low.

However, that is all part and parcel of living in the UK, you are always going to be at the mercy of the powers that be when it comes to gambling, much more so when gambling online, and keep in mind that anybody under the age of 18 is not permitted to gamble at any online or mobile casino sites or even visit a land-based casino in Great Britain.

Even though there are plenty of unique and some would say unusual rules and regulations to gambling, there are still hundreds of gambling sites available to residents of England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, and if you do want to gamble online there and you live in any of those countries, you will always be spoiled for choice when it comes to where you can gamble online.