Coral: open online since 2004

How long it has been open

The registry's current record for coral.co.uk dates from 16 August 1994. The first copy of the address in the Web Archive that reads as a gambling site dates from 8 February 2004, so on 3 November 2026 Coral had been open online for 22 full years under this name.

The title on that copy:

Coral.co.uk - Online Sports Betting

Before that, the earliest copy on this address (28 June 1997) carried the title “Coral”, which is not a gambling page, so it does not count towards the house's years.

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Who holds the licence today

• LC International LimitedRegister account 54743 · licence 054743-R-330863-015 · remote casino licence active since 1 July 2019
• coral.co.ukAddress status on the register: Active

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The same account lists 13 web addresses in all, so Coral shares its licence, its rules and its self-exclusion with other sites. See the addresses on the register.

Regulatory record

No action is listed on the register for LC International Limited (account 54743) on 3 November 2026.

An empty page is not a full history: decisions against other companies in the same group sit on their own pages, and older cases are in the Commission's enforcement news. Open the actions page

Rule changes it has traded through

Every change below came into force after Coral first appeared online as a gambling site. Sources are on the rules timeline.

• 1 September 2007The Gambling Act 2005 takes over. The Gambling Commission becomes the regulator for online casinos based in Great Britain. Sites run from abroad can still serve British players without a British licence.
• 1 November 2014A British licence for everyone who serves Britain. From this day any casino taking bets from players in Great Britain needs a Commission licence, wherever it is based. That is why so many licences on the register start on 1 November 2014.
• 7 May 2019Checks before the first bet. Age and identity have to be confirmed before a customer can deposit, play a free demo or gamble, instead of at the first withdrawal.
• 31 March 2020GAMSTOP becomes compulsory. Every online operator has to take part in GAMSTOP, so one self-exclusion closes the door at all of them.
• 14 April 2020No more gambling on credit cards. Casinos stop taking credit cards, including credit cards loaded into e-wallets.
• 31 October 2021Slower, plainer slots. Online slots lose autoplay and turbo spins, take at least 2.5 seconds a spin, stop celebrating returns no bigger than the stake and show the running net position. Withdrawals can no longer be reversed.
• 17 January 2025The same pace for table games. The game-design rules reach every online casino game; games other than slots take at least five seconds a round.
• 28 February 2025Money checks at £150. A light check of financial vulnerability is due once a customer's net deposits reach £150 in a rolling 30 days.
• 9 April 2025A ceiling on slot stakes. A single slot spin is capped at £5 for players aged 25 and over; the £2 cap for players aged 18 to 24 followed on 21 May 2025.
• 31 October 2025Limits offered from the start. New customers are asked to set a deposit limit when they register or first deposit. Raising a limit waits 24 hours; lowering it works at once.
• 19 January 2026Wagering capped at ten times. Play-through on promotional funds can no longer exceed ten times the amount given, and one offer cannot mix products such as slots and sports.
• 6 April 2026Complaints bodies under consumer law. Dispute services for gambling are now accredited under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.
• 30 September 2026A deposit limit means total deposits. Only a limit on gross deposits may be called a deposit limit, and it has to be offered as a minimum.