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The prevention of money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism

Gambling Commission guidance for remote and non-remote casinos: Fifth edition (Revision 5).

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Published
13 November 2020

Last updated
22 October 2025 - Changes

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10 - Data protection

Any personal data obtained by casino operators for the purposes of the Regulations may only be processed for the purposes of preventing money laundering, terrorist financing or proliferation financing.¹⁶²

Personal data should not be used for any other purpose unless:

• use of the data is permitted by or under any law other than the Regulations, or
• the casino operator has obtained the agreement of the subject of the data to the proposed use of the data.¹⁶³

Casino operators are obliged to provide new customers with the following information before they establish a business relationship with them:

• the registrable particulars of the operator
• a statement that any personal data received from the customer will be processed only for the purposes of preventing money laundering, terrorist financing or proliferation financing, or as permitted by the circumstances described in the previous paragraph.¹⁶⁴

References

¹⁶² Regulation 41(1).
¹⁶³ Regulation 41(3).
¹⁶⁴ Regulation 41(6).

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