Cookies on the Gambling Commission website

The Gambling Commission website uses cookies to make the site work better for you. Some of these cookies are essential to how the site functions and others are optional. Optional cookies help us remember your settings, measure your use of the site and personalise how we communicate with you. Any data collected is anonymised and we do not set optional cookies unless you consent.

Set cookie preferences

You've accepted all cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.

Skip to main content

Guidance

LCCP Information requirements

Guidance for licence holders on the information requirements in the LCCP

  1. Contents
  2. 16 - Other information requirements (test purchase results)

16 - Other information requirements (test purchase results)

This section provides guidance to holders of gambling operating licences (non-remote) on how to tell us about age verification test purchase results.

Social responsibility code provision 3.2.1

Access to gambling by children and young persons – casinos SR code All non-remote casino licences

Licensees must conduct test purchasing or take part in collective test purchasing programmes as a means of providing reasonable assurance that they have effective policies and procedures to prevent underage gambling, and must provide their test purchase results to the Commission, in such form or manner as the Commission may from time to time specify.

Social responsibility code provision 3.2.3 (8)

Access to gambling by children and young persons – AGC SR code

All adult gaming centre licences

Licensees in fee category C or higher must conduct test purchasing or take part in collective test purchasing programmes, as a means of providing reasonable assurance that they have effective policies and procedures to prevent underage gambling, and must provide their test purchase results to the Commission, in such form or manner as the Commission may from time to time specify.

Social responsibility code provision 3.2.5 (7)

Access to gambling by children and young persons – bingo and FEC SR code

All non-remote bingo and family entertainment centre licences

Licensees in fee category C or higher must conduct test purchasing or take part in collective test purchasing programmes, as a means of providing reasonable assurance that they have effective policies and procedures to prevent underage gambling, and must provide their test purchase results to the Commission, in such form or manner as the Commission may from time to time specify.

Social responsibility code provision 3.2.7 (9)

Access to gambling by children and young persons – betting SR code

All non-remote general betting (standard) licences in fee category C or above

Licensees must conduct test purchasing or take part in collective test purchasing programmes, as a means of providing reasonable assurance that they have effective policies and procedures to prevent underage gambling, and must provide their test purchase results to the Commission, in such form or manner as the Commission may from time to time specify.

Your company must carry out test purchasing, or take part in collective test purchasing programmes, to assure itself that you have effective policies and procedures in place to prevent underage gambling.

You must give us the results of the test purchasing.

This reporting requirements applies to all holders of non-remote casino licences, adult gaming centre licences, non-remote bingo and family entertainment centre licences, and non-remote general betting (standard) licences in fee category C or above.

Guidance to operators for age verification test purchasing (non-remote)

You can view our guidance to operators for age verification test purchasing (non-remote). This guidance explains what data we need from you about age verification test purchasing when you hold a non-remote operating licence in the arcades, betting, bingo, and casinos sectors.

Previous section
LCCP notifications (society and local authority lotteries)
Next section
Other information requirements (complaints and disputes records)
Is this page useful?
Back to top