We regulate most types of gambling in Great Britain, including The National Lottery in the UK.

We also license the individuals and businesses that offer gambling and provide them with advice and guidance.

What we do

Find out more about how we regulate the gambling industry in Great Britain.

• Our strategy for the next three years

  The corporate strategy highlights the most important work we intend to deliver over the next three years.

• Business Plan April 2021 to March 2022

  The milestones we plan to complete.

• What we regulate

  We license and regulate the individuals and businesses that provide gambling in Great Britain, including the National Lottery.

• How we regulate

  We exist to safeguard players and the wider public by ensuring gambling is fair and safe.

• Licensing objectives

  We are responsible for making sure that all licensing applications meet three objectives.

• How we make gambling safer

  Making gambling safer is at the core of what we do. Find out more about how we continue to make the gambling industry safer.

• Gambling-related legislation

  This is a list of some, but not necessarily all, gambling-related legislation.

• A Day in the Life

  We have asked different people at the Gambling Commission to give us an insight into what a typical day looks like for them.

• User research programme

  The User Research Programme enables you to try out new services provided by the Gambling Commission and give feedback to help improve them.

National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms

The sole aim of this three-year National Strategy is to move faster and go further to reduce gambling harms. A wide range of partners will need to play their part.

You can read the strategy, find out about the progress being made and also the partners who are delivering the aims of the strategy.

Find out more

Regulating the National Lottery

The National Lottery started in November 1994 and since then has raised over £40 billion for good causes.

We regulate The National Lottery to ensure it’s run fairly and openly whilst maximising returns to good causes.

How we regulate the National Lottery