As a result of the Gambling Commission’s Regulatory Data consultation (in November 2016), it has now published guidance on regulatory returns due to be submitted from April 2018.

The relevant guidance can be accessed by following the appropriate link below:

• Regulatory returns guidance for AGCs
• Regulatory returns guidance for betting
• Regulatory returns guidance for bingo
• Regulatory returns guidance for casinos
• Regulatory returns guidance for ELMs
• Regulatory returns guidance for FECs
• Regulatory returns guidance for gaming machine technical
• Regulatory returns guidance for society lotteries
• Regulatory returns guidance for remote casino, betting and bingo
• Regulatory returns guidance for gambling software

The frequency with which regulatory returns need to be made (via the Commission’s online regulatory returns system) depends on the type of gambling business conducted, as indicated in the below table taken from the Commission’s website:

It must be borne in mind that late return of regulatory returns can result in a fine.

We reported previously on publication by the Commission of both parts of its response for the regulatory data consultation.