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Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Find out if you should pay Gaming Duty, how to register and how to pay.
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...
The Board was responsible for regulating arcades, betting, bingo, casinos, slot machines and lotteries. It was replaced by the Gambling Commission in 2007.
Working with the EU in the gambling sector.
Guidance and forms covering gambling duties. Including, Bingo, Gaming, Lottery and Machine Games Duty, general betting duty and payments.
Register with an anti-money laundering scheme as a business in the financial sector
Details of administrative agreements relating to VAT on certain specific transactions between members of trade bodies and HMRC.
On 15 July 2025, the Chancellor set out the Leeds Reforms and delivered her annual Mansion House speech to the financial services sector. Launching the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, she outlined the next step in the government’s economic...
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