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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...
How to register, make changes to your registration, view your account and submit returns online
Working with the EU in the gambling sector.
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.
How to appeal to an independent tribunal if you disagree with a Gambling Commission decision about a personal or operating gambling licence.
Use this service to register to for General Betting Duty (GBD), [Pool Betting Duty (PBD) or Remote Gaming Duty (RGD).
Oral statement by the Culture Secretary on the white paper setting out government's plans for major reform of gambling laws
Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew updates on gambling white paper progress at the Betting and Gaming Council Annual General Meeting
The framework document sets out the broad governance framework within which the Gambling Commission and DCMS operate.
This white paper sets out the government’s plan for reform of gambling regulation following the review of the Gambling Act 2005.
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