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An update from the government on industry-led measures to improve player protections with regards to loot boxes in video games.

• Updated: 18 July 2023

Open and closed season for hunting, what you can use and the wildlife you can hunt

• Overview

  You must follow the rules for hunting and shooting wildlife including:…

• Birds

  You can shoot certain species of game birds, quarry birds and waterfowl…

• Mammals

  There are different rules for foxes, deer and other mammals. Foxes It’s…

• Updated: 18 July 2022

Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.

Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.

• Updated: 31 March 2017

How to manage game birds during a bird flu (avian influenza) outbreak.

• Updated: 25 November 2025

How to pay Gaming or Bingo Duty, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.

• Updated: 31 March 2025

Find out if you have to pay, when and how to register, the rates, how to fill in returns and make payments.

• Updated: 29 April 2024

This notice is provided within the context of the notice provided to meet the obligations as set out in Article 13 of UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA).

• Updated: 9 December 2024

How Gaming Duty is charged, and who has to pay.

• Updated: 18 November 2025