Gambling licence information, guidance and advice for businesses and individuals.
Information for existing or prospective gambling businesses including what types of licence you may need, how much they cost and the licence conditions and codes of practice that apply to your licence.
Hubs
Our hubs provide information, guidance and policies for how we license gambling in Great Britain and your obligations as a licensee.
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Licences and fees
Find out about the different licences we provide, the fees you'll need to pay and how we assess business and personal licence applications.
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Sector guides
Guidance, information and policies for each of the sectors we licence, in one place.
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Compliance
The compliance hub helps you understand how to comply with your licence conditions with policies, guidance and case studies.
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Anti-Money Laundering
The Anti-Money Laundering hub provides access to policies, guidance and information on how to comply with AML requirements.
Recent publications
- Regulatory returns guidance
- Testing strategy for compliance with remote gambling and software technical standards
- Online games design and reverse withdrawals
- Remote gambling and software technical standards (RTS)
- National Strategic Assessment 2020
- Raising Standards for consumers - Compliance and Enforcement report 2019 to 2020
- LCCP Information requirements
- High Value Customers: Industry guidance
- Changes to the licence conditions and codes of practice on High Value Customers
- Other policies, advice and guidance notes
Action we've taken
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Five year ban for snooker player
15 November 2024
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Consumer information notice: Sorare.com prosecution
26 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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You can also search our public register for licensed individuals and premises.
e-bulletin updates
Our newsletter, e-bulletin is sent fortnightly and contains news, updates and latest advice from the Gambling Commission and DCMS.