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New Gambling Commission consultation on age and identity verification

In an online survey consultation published today – that is relevant to all remote gaming and betting licence holders and the small number of society lotteries and external lottery managers who enable customers to participate in online ‘instant win’ or digital scratchcard games – the Gambling Commission is inviting gambling operators, consumers and members of the public to voice their […]

Camelot to pay £1.15 million penalty for historic control and governance failings

The Gambling Commission has today announced on its website the results of its investigation into historic control and governance failings at the National Lottery operator, Camelot. That investigation was launched in December 2016, just over 3 years after the Commission assumed the regulatory functions previously exercised by the National Lottery Commission. The Commission’s announcement states that Camelot will pay a £1.15 […]

David Clifton to moderate CasinoBeats “UK tax hike” session during Betting on Sports week

At 12.10 on Wednesday 19 September, as part of SBC Events “Betting on Sports” week at Olympia, London, David Clifton will be moderating a CasinoBeats panel session entitled “UK Tax Hike”. His panellists will be Clive Hawkswood, CEO of the Remote Gambling Association (“RGA”), Steven Effingham, Director of Tax Policy at Ernst & Young and James Myles, Director […]

Forthcoming changes to the Gambling Commission’s e-Services

The Gambling Commission has announced the following forthcoming improvements to its eServices for licensed gambling businesses: Online payments: From 1 September 2018, the Commission will only accept annual fee payments online via e-Services or via BACS. It has published a 90-second YouTube video explaining how to pay online. Change your email address and password: From 20 August 2018, you […]

Welsh MUP legislation receives Royal Assent

On 19 June 2018, we reported that the Welsh Assembly had approved the Public Health (Minimum Price for Alcohol) (Wales) Bill, as a result of which a minimum unit price (“MUP”) of alcohol would be introduced in Wales. As confirmed in a news item on the Welsh Government website (that can be downloaded below), what is now the Public Health (Minimum […]

Gambling operators asked to collaborate on new harm-prevention research

An extensive new research project (commissioned by GambleAware and supported jointly by the Gambling Commission and its expert advisors the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (“RGSB”) is to explore whether some gambling products and environments are more harmful than others. Gambling operators licensed by the Commission will be asked to provide consumer gambling activity data that will be used to: understand […]

Tougher action against gambling operators breaching advertising rules & consumer law

With effect from 31 October 2018, changes to the Gambling Commission’s Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (“LCCP”) will mean that gambling companies breaching advertising rules or consumer law will face tougher enforcement action. These changes are announced by the Commission in a response (published today) to its January 2018 consultation “Proposed changes to licence conditions and codes of […]

“Agent of change” principle now enshrined in National Planning Policy Framework

Further to our report in March this year that the Government had published its National Planning Policy Framework Consultation proposals, we can confirm that the final version of the new National Planning Policy Framework (“NPPF”) has now been published, enshrining within it for the first time the ‘agent of change’ principle. Paragraph 182 of the NPPF is of particular relevance for pubs, nightclubs […]