Gambling Commission supports Metropolitan Police

Press release

Date: 4 April 2012

The Gambling Commission was pleased to support the Metropolitan Police in their case against a man who made nearly £80,000 from online gambling after using fraudulent international passports, identity cards and false utility bills to open various online accounts. The man has been jailed for three years.

For more information read the Metropolitan Police press release on their website.

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Notes to editors

The Gambling Commission

  1. 1. The Gambling Commission (the Commission) regulates gambling in the public interest alongside its co-regulators local licensing authorities. It does so by keeping crime out of gambling, by ensuring that gambling is conducted fairly and openly, and by protecting children and vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling. The Commission also provides independent advice to government on gambling in Britain. 
  2. 2. The Commission and local licensing authorities are responsible for licensing and regulating all gambling in Great Britain other than the National Lottery and spread betting, which are the responsibility of the National Lottery Commission and the Financial Services Authority (FSA) respectively.  
  3. 3. See the Terms & Conditions section of our website for information on legal advice.     

Further information

  1. Further information is available from the Commission's website. Gambling Commission: Press office on (0121) 230 6700 or communications@gamblingcommission.gov.uk.