Safer gambling

Safe and responsible gambling comes from an industry that takes care of its customers, customers who are empowered with the knowledge to manage their gambling and a regulator that ensures the consumer is at the heart of everything we do.

In this section

How to make sure you gamble safely with licensed businesses and how to gamble responsibly by using tools to manage your activity.

Consumer guides

Quick guides to help you understand the gambling industry

Scams and frauds

We can't list every scam that is out there but here are some tips to help you stay safe

Tools you can use to help you control the time and money you spend gambling

There are tools provided by gambling businesses to help you to control the amount of time and money you spend gambling

Getting help to control your gambling

For a small number of people gambling can become a problem, but there is help available

Self-exclusion

What is it and how does it work?

Platinum Gaming Ltd to pay £1.6m for social responsibility and money laundering failures

An online gambling operator will pay £1.6m for fai…

13 June 2019

Gamesys to pay £1.2m for social responsibility and money laundering failures

Online gambling operator Gamesys (Gibraltar) Limit…

12 June 2019

Blog: Industry co-creation workshop – evaluation of safer gambling products and processes

On 29 March the Commission's Insight Team hosted a…

23 May 2019