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Apply to the Gambling Commission for a personal gambling licence or a gambling operating licence if you run or manage a gambling business. The Gambling Commission regulates arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, gaming machine providers, gambling software providers, lottery operators, external...
Guidance and forms covering gambling duties. Including, Bingo, Gaming, Lottery and Machine Games Duty, general betting duty and payments.
This white paper sets out the government’s plan for reform of gambling regulation following the review of the Gambling Act 2005.
Find out if you should pay Gaming Duty, how to register and how to pay.
Use this service to register to for General Betting Duty (GBD), [Pool Betting Duty (PBD) or Remote Gaming Duty (RGD).
Find out if you have to pay, when and how to register, the rates, how to fill in returns and make payments.
Operators of betting and gaming pools need to work out how the different gambling duties apply to amounts they take out of their pools.
People at risk of gambling-related harm will be better protected under government plans to update betting rules for the digital age.
Oral statement by the Culture Secretary on the white paper setting out government's plans for major reform of gambling laws
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew gives an update on the progress of the Government's gambling white paper at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary Forum.
Bi-annual statistics from the 7 different gambling regimes administered by HM Revenue and Customs.
The Board was responsible for regulating arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, slot machines and lotteries. It was replaced by the Gambling Commission in 2007.
How to appeal to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a Gambling Commission decision about a personal or operating gambling licence.
Stake limits for online slot games will be introduced for the first time in September, including lower limits for young adults, as the Government continues to roll out measures to protect people from gambling harms.
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