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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.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Guidance and forms covering gambling duties. Including, Bingo, Gaming, Lottery and Machine Games Duty, general betting duty and payments.
Find out if you should pay Gaming Duty, how to register and how to pay.
Find out about Gaming Duty, how the duty is charged and who has to pay.
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...
Find out which online gambling free games and bonuses you offer are liable to tax, and how to calculate your liability.
A public consultation process has been launched to look at how to conduct financial risk checks for problem gambling and at what level stake limits should be set for people playing online slot games.
People at risk of gambling-related harm will be better protected under government plans to update betting rules for the digital age.
Operators of betting and gaming pools need to work out how the different gambling duties apply to amounts they take out of their pools.
How to pay Gaming or Bingo Duty, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.
This Tax Information and Impact Note details the increase to the gross gaming yield (GGY) bandings for gaming duty in line with inflation.
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
The Board was responsible for regulating arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, slot machines and lotteries. It was replaced by the Gambling Commission in 2007.
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