Licence activities
Remote general betting limited licence
This licence allows you to provide facilities for betting only over the telephone or by email (in circumstances where you are manually processing the bets).
Regardless of where you are based in the world, you need a licence from us if:
- you are providing facilities for gambling to consumers in Great Britain online (or through any other means of remote communication)
- any part of your remote gambling equipment is based in Great Britain.
There is a remote operating licence for each type of gambling activity you might want to provide.
If you hold this licence you cannot hold a non-remote betting operating licence, and the annual gross gambling yield from facilitating bets by telephone or email must not exceed £550,000.
If bets are automatically processed by gambling software, or where any other means of remote communication is used to provide facilities for betting, or if your annual gross gambling yield exceeds £550,000, you will need a remote general betting (standard) (real events) operating licence.
Current application fees
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| F | Up to £550,000 | £854 |
| More than £550,000 | Remote general betting (standard) real events licence required |
Current annual fees
Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued and is reduced by 25 percent (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction).
After this, fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| F | Up to £550,000 | £2,266 |
| More than £550,000 | Remote general betting (standard) real events licence required |
Related activities
- Non-remote general betting standard operating licence
- Non-remote general betting limited operating licence
- Non-remote betting intermediary licence
- Non-remote pool betting operating licence
- Remote general betting standard real events licence
- Remote general betting standard virtual events licence
- Remote betting host real events licence
- Remote betting host virtual events licence
- Remote betting intermediary operating licence
- Remote betting intermediary trading rooms only licence
- Remote pool betting licence
Last updated: 9 February 2023
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