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Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
How Gaming 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...
Guidance and forms covering gambling duties. Including, Bingo, Gaming, Lottery and Machine Games Duty, general betting duty and payments.
How DCMS and the Gambling Commission are working together to deliver an appropriate programme of work to evaluate the impact of the Gambling Act Review.
Use this service to register to for General Betting Duty (GBD), Pool Betting Duty (PBD) or Remote Gaming Duty (RGD).
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
How to pay Gaming or Bingo Duty, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
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