About us

The Gambling Commission was set up under the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain in partnership with licensing authorities.

We also regulate the National Lottery under the National Lottery etc. Act 1993.

In this section

Find out who we license, how we regulate the gambling industry, how we ensure gambling businesses are compliant, how we make our decisions and how we are open about the way we conduct our business.

Annual report & accounts

Our annual report and accounts

Being open about what we do

Our FOI publication scheme, lists and registers, what we spend and how we spend it and our Business Impact Target (BIT) assessments

Contact us

Have a look at the questions we get asked the most and if that doesn't answer your question give us a ring or send us an email

Strategy and business plan

Corporate governance

Our decision making committees, our board, board papers and our corporate governance framework

What we do

How we regulate the gambling industry, how we work with other organisations, our role in responsible gambling

Data shows the impact of Covid-19 lockdown-easing on online gambling behaviour in July 2020

The Gambling Commission has published further data…

17 September 2020

Fourth National Lottery licence competition launched

The Gambling Commission has today, 28 August, laun…

28 August 2020

New online service rapidly accelerating Gambling Commission's personal licence maintenance process

The Gambling Commission has underlined the success…

20 August 2020