Guidance

Regulatory returns guidance

Guidance for information collected in the Regulatory Returns service by licensing sector.

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Published
4 May 2021

Last updated
14 June 2021 - Changes

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Contents

• Regulatory returns guidance

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• Overview and feedback
• Common terms and definitions
• General guidance on submitting regulatory returns
• Reporting gross gambling yield (GGY) on regulatory returns
• Certification statement
• Late or inaccurate regulatory returns
• How we handle your data
• Adult Gaming Centre
  • - Operational information
  • - Financial information
  • - Other information
• Bingo
  • - Operational information
  • - Financial information
  • - Other information
• Betting
  • - Betting (standard) - non-remote
  • - Betting (limited) - non-remote
  • - Betting intermediary - non-remote
  • - Pool betting - non-remote
• Casino 1968
  • - Operational information
  • - Casino information
  • - Financial information
  • - Other information
• Casino 2005
  • - Operational information
  • - Casino information
  • - Financial information
  • - Other information
• External Lottery Manager
  • - Operational information
  • - Financial information
  • - Other information
• Family Entertainment Centre
  • - Operational information
  • - Financial information
  • - Other information
• Gaming machines and software
  • - Gambling software – ancillary, non-remote, remote and linked
  • - Gaming machine technical - supplier and full - non-remote, remote and linked
• Remote Casino, Betting and Bingo (RCBB)
  • - Betting host (real and virtual) and general betting (limited) - remote
  • - Betting intermediary - remote
  • - Betting intermediary (trading rooms only) - remote
  • - Bingo (operating) - remote
  • - Bingo (game host) - remote
  • - Casino (operating) - remote
  • - Casino (game host) - remote
  • - General betting standard (real and virtual events) - remote
  • - Pool betting - remote
• Society Lottery
  • - Society lottery - non-remote
  • - Society lottery - remote

1 - Operational information

Group	Question	Guidance
Workforce Information	Total employees (GB only)	Record the total number of employees. This is the number of individuals employed at a given time, irrespective of the hours they work. Count each person as one regardless of whether they work full time or part time. An employee is anyone that your organisation directly pays from its payroll(s), in return for carrying out a full time or part time job or being on a training scheme. This includes workers who are employed in relation to the licensed activity who are: paid directly from this business’s payroll temporarily absent but still being paid, for example on maternity leave furloughed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Do not include: employees not employed in relation to the licensed activity former employees only receiving a pension self-employed workers working owners who are not paid via PAYE staff who are not directly employed (for example, agency staff) volunteers. If employees work across a group, you should record them on the regulatory return for the licensed activity that uses most of their time.
Workforce Information	Total employees (Non GB)	Record the total number of employees. This is the number of individuals employed at a given time, irrespective of the hours they work. Count each person as one regardless of whether they work full time or part time. An employee is anyone that your organisation directly pays from its payroll(s), in return for carrying out a full time or part time job or being on a training scheme. This includes workers who are employed in relation to the licensed activity who are: paid directly from this business’s payroll temporarily absent but still being paid, for example on maternity leave furloughed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. Do not include: employees not employed in relation to the licensed activity former employees only receiving a pension self-employed workers working owners who are not paid via PAYE staff who are not directly employed (for example, agency staff) volunteers. If employees work across a group, you should record them on the regulatory return for the licensed activity that uses most of their time.
Workforce information	Workforce total	Calculated field - no user entry required.
Contributions	Are contributions made?	Select the appropriate option (yes/no).
Contributions	Contributions made via trade body	If you are a trade association/body member and your contribution was made through them please select ‘Contribution via Trade Body’. You should also record the name of the trade association/body.
Contributions	Trade body	Please state the name of the trade body that made the contribution on your behalf.
Contributions	Value of contribution	Record the value of your contribution. If you have apportioned your contribution across a number of sectors you should record the amount relevant to the licensed activity covered by the regulatory return. That is, if your business completes more than one regulatory return, your RET contribution should be divided between the different sectors and recorded in the relevant returns. Do not record the company’s total contribution in full on each regulatory return.
Contributions	Date of contribution	Enter the date the contribution was made.
Contributions	Details of contribution	Enter details relating to the contribution.

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Last updated: 14 June 2021

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