Consultation response
Financial key event reporting: Reporting changes in ownership and interests: Consultation response
The consultation response on reporting changes in ownership and interests as a key event.
Contents
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- Summary of responses
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- Proposal 1: Raising the reporting threshold for ‘operator status’ and ‘relevant persons and positions’ from 3 percent to 5 percent
- Proposal 2: Amendment to paragraph 2 of Licence Condition 15.2.1 to expand the application of ‘relevant persons’ to include shareholders, but also other entities with both direct and indirect interests in the licensee of 5 percent or more
- Proposal 3: Amendment to paragraph 3 of Licence Condition 15.2.1 to include the reporting of entering into financial agreements or arrangements with third parties and/or the receipt of financial assistance from a group company
- Proposal 4: Introduction of a new requirement for licensees to report to the Commission the details of individuals who acquire the equivalent of £50,000 or more worth of new shares in a rolling 12-month period
- Proposal 5: Amendment to the Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy Statement under the Gambling Act 2005 to raise the threshold of shareholders to be listed from 3 percent to 5 percent
- Equalities considerations
- Business impacts and implementation
- Annexes
Annex 1 – List of respondents who consented to publication of name and organisation
Annex 1 lists organisations that consented to the publication of their name when responding to this consultation topic. All names of organisations have been presented as provided by the respondents that submitted the response.
Organisations and individuals representing organisations that consented to the publication of their name when responding to the consultation:
- The Lotteries Council
- People’s Postcode Lottery
- BV Gaming Limited
- Star Racing Ltd and Playbook Gaming Ltd
- Noovomatic UK
- Entain Plc
- Gambling Business Group GBG
- Bacta
- People’s Postcode Trust & People’s Care Trust
- Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited
- Betting and Gaming Council
- The Football Pools (The Pools)
- Gamesys Operations Ltd
- The Bingo Association
- Merkur.com AG
- Light & Wonder Inc
- 888 / William Hill Group
- BoyleSports
- Aristocrat Leisure Limited
- Mishcon de Reya LLP.
Annex 2 - Summary of proposed changes to Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice and the Licensing, Compliance and Enforcement Policy Statement under the Gambling Act 2005.
Last updated: 18 December 2025
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