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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...
Working with the EU in the gambling sector.
How Gaming Duty is charged, and who has to pay.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
How to register, make changes to your registration, view your account and submit returns online
The Board was responsible for regulating arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, slot machines and lotteries. It was replaced by the Gambling Commission in 2007.
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.
The Secretary of State has appointed seven Commissioners to the Gambling Commission commencing 11 September 2023.
The framework document sets out the broad governance framework within which the Gambling Commission and DCMS operate.
Gambling Minister Stuart Andrew gives an update on the progress of the Government's gambling white paper at the Gambling with Lives Parliamentary Forum.
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