Consultation response
Autumn 2023 consultation – Proposed changes to LCCP and RTS - Socially responsible incentives: Consultation Response
This response sets out our position in relation to the consultation on socially responsible incentives
Contents
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Summary of responses and our position
- Proposal 1 - Ban or limit the use of wagering requirements
- Proposal 2 - Ban mixing of products within incentives
- Proposal 3 - Proposed changes to Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) Social Responsibility (SR) Code 5.1.1 (Rewards and Bonuses) to make the structure and wording clearer
- Evaluating the impact of relevant changes
- Annex
Introduction
On 29 November 2023 we issued our consultation on a number of changes to the LCCP and RTS requirements (opens in new tab) placed on gambling businesses, including socially responsible incentives. The consultation ran for 12 weeks until 21 February 2024.
We received 74 written responses to the consultation from the following categories of respondents:
- 7 from members of the public
- 9 from individuals responding in a personal capacity who are or have worked in a gambling business
- 21 from gambling businesses
- 16 from charities and/or non-profit organisations
- 2 from academics, responding as individuals
- 5 from licensing authority or other regulator
- 6 from professional bodies including academic organisations
- 5 from trade associations
- 3 from others.
Annex 1 lists organisations that consented to the publication of their name when responding to the consultation.
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Last updated: 26 March 2025
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