Consultation response
Changes to information requirements in the LCCP, regulatory returns, official statistics, and related matters
Parts I and II of the consultation response that sets out our position in relation to the information the Gambling Commission requires licensees to provide us.
Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Part 1: Summary of responses - Changes to information requirements for licensees: Consultation Response
- Proposal 1: Changes to licence condition 13.1.1 (Pool betting)
- Proposal 2: Changes to licence condition 13.1.2 (Pool betting – football pools)
- Proposal 3: Changes to licence condition 15.1.1 (reporting suspicion of offences)
- Proposal 4: Changes to licence condition 15.1.2 (reporting suspicion of offences)
- Proposal 5: Additional licence condition 15.1.3 (reporting of systematic or organised money lending)
- Proposal 6: Changes to licence condition 15.2.1 (reporting key events – operator status)
- Proposal 7: Changes to licence condition 15.2.1 (reporting key events – relevant persons and positions)
- Proposal 8: Changes to licence condition 15.2.1 (reporting key events – financial events)
- Proposal 9: Changes to licence condition 15.2.1 (reporting key events - legal or regulatory proceedings or reports)
- Proposal 10: Changes to licence condition 15.2.1 (reporting key events – gambling facilities)
- Proposal 11: Changes to licence condition 15.2.2 (other reportable events)
- Proposal 12: Additional licence condition 15.2.3 (Other reportable events)
- Proposal 13: Changes to licence condition 15.3.1 (general and regulatory returns)
- Proposal 14: Changes to code 3.2.1, 3.2.3, 3.2.5 and 3.2.7 (access to gambling by children and young persons)
- Proposal 15: Changes to social responsibility code provision 6.1.1 (complaints and disputes)
- Proposal 16: Changes to ordinary code provision 4.2.8 (betting integrity)
- Proposal 17: Changes to ordinary code provision 8.1.1 (information requirements – ordinary code)
- Proposal 18: Changes to personal licence conditions
- Part 2: Summary of responses - Changes to information requirements for licensees: Consultation Response
- Proposal 1: Reduce the amount of data we collect
- Proposal 2: Remove the requirement for licensees to report premise acquisitions and disposals
- Proposal 3: Remove the requirement for non-remote casino licenses to report data on a casino-by-casino basis
- Proposal 4: Remove the requirement for gambling software licence holders to report individual gambling software titles
- Proposal 5: Enhance the operational information section of regulatory returns with more consumer and safer gambling questions
- Proposal 6: Link the requirement for licensees to submit quarterly or annual returns to the aggregate maximum GGY permitted by all their licences
- Proposal 7: Improve our digital service for regulatory returns collection (eServices)
- Proposal 8: Proposal to discontinue collecting monthly non-remote casino drop and win data
- Proposal 9: Industry Statistics - review of user requirements
- Annex - Summary of changes to licence conditions and codes of practice
Proposal 2: Changes to licence condition 13.1.2 (Pool betting – football pools)
Proposal
We proposed to remove the requirement for the reporting to us of persons authorised by licensees in respect of football pool betting. The proposed revision does not affect the existing statutory requirements and licensees will still be required nominate an authorised person under section 93(3) of the Gambling Act 2005 (opens in new tab).
Consultation question
Question 1.2. Do you agree with the proposed changes to the licence condition?
Respondents' views
There was broad support for this Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) licence condition change. Several respondents noted that the proposal was pragmatic and would not unduly reduce our oversight of football pool betting operations; given that we would still require licensees (and any person they so authorise) to retain records of all transactions relevant to those operations.
Others noted that the removal of the reporting requirement would reduce the regulatory burden on licensees. Some respondents requested clarification on whether we needed licensees to report the recorded pool betting transactions to us on a regular basis.
Our position
The proposed revision removes the requirement for operators to report nominated persons to us. It does not affect the existing statutory requirements and licensees will still be required to nominate an authorised person under section 93(2) of the Gambling Act. The proposal does not affect the substance of licence condition 13.1.1 (2) and we will continue to require licensees to store these and make them available for our inspection on request. Licence condition 13.1.2 (2) will be renumbered to become 13.1.2 (1) to reflect the change.
The following change will take effect from 31 October 2020.
Final wording of amended licence condition 13.1.2
Licence condition 13.1.2
Pool betting - football pools
All pool betting operating licences which authorise football pools
1 Licensees and any person they so authorise under Section 93(3) of the Gambling Act 2005 in respect of football pool betting, must produce and retain a record of the transactions relevant to each pool that they offer. The record must be capable of identifying individual bets into the pool and relating these to the subsequent payment of winnings where applicable. Licensees must make this information available to the Commission on request.
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Proposal 3: Changes to licence condition 15.1.1 (reporting suspicion of offences)
Last updated: 15 May 2023
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