Important notices and updates from the Gambling Commission AML team.
Guidance updates
Updated notice regarding casinos providing money service businesses
26 March 2026
Resources
New digital identity guidance for casinos
23 March 2026
Guidance updates
Casinos providing money service business activities
9 February 2026
Guidance updates
Updated SARs guidance from the UKFIU
24 November 2025
Guidance updates
Frozen Assets Reporting 2025
4 November 2025
Guidance updates
Casino guidance update
4 November 2025
Changes to legislation
Non-remote casino legislative changes
9 September 2025
Changes to legislation
Failure to prevent fraud offence
1 September 2025
Changes to legislation
Updated DAML exemption provisions for the regulated sector
31 July 2025
Resources
HM Treasury national risk assessment 2025
17 July 2025
Changes to legislation
Failure to prevent fraud offence
28 May 2025
Guidance updates
Casinos providing money service business activities: HMRC registration
3 April 2025
Changes to LCCP
Scheduled LCCP update: new PML requirements in force 29 November 2024
29 November 2024
Changes to legislation
DAML exemption provisions for the regulated sector
24 May 2024
Changes to legislation
High-risk third countries
24 May 2024
Changes to legislation
Politically exposed persons
24 May 2024
Changes to LCCP
Scheduled LCCP update: new PML requirements
24 May 2024
Resources
Financial Sanctions Survey
28 March 2024
Risk assessment
Gambling Commission risk assessment 2023 published
30 November 2023
Guidance updates
Frozen assets reporting 2023
2 November 2023
Guidance updates
Updated casino guidance to include proliferation financing
7 June 2023
Resources
The Economic Crime Levy guidance
30 March 2023
Resources
OFSI and NCA Red Alert - Evasion Typologies
18 July 2022
Resources
HM Treasury money laundering consultation response and UK FATF report
24 June 2022
Resources
Further guidelines from the Commission regarding Russian sanctions
4 April 2022
Resources
HM Treasury publish updated list of high risk third jurisdictions
25 March 2022
Emerging risks
Public statement from the FATF on the situation in Ukraine
8 March 2022
Resources
Important Russian sanctions update from the Gambling Commission
28 February 2022
Resources
Publication of HM Treasury’s Annual Supervision Report (2019 to 2020)
26 November 2021
Resources
HM Treasury’s national risk assessment of proliferation financing
23 September 2021
Resources
Latest UKFIU SARs Report Booklet (August 2021)
20 August 2021
Resources
New UKFIU podcast: virtual assets
16 August 2021
Guidance updates
Guidance: OFSI webinars
6 July 2021
Resources
What gambling operators should do if they find dye-stained bank notes
29 June 2021
Resources
New UKFIU podcast: Fraud-Vulnerable Persons SARs
29 June 2021
Resources
New UKFIU ‘SARs in Action’ publication
16 June 2021
Resources
NCA's National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime
10 June 2021
Guidance updates
Updated CPS guidance relating to The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
9 June 2021
Guidance updates
New FATF guidance for risk-based supervision
10 May 2021
Guidance updates
Revision to guidance for remote and non-remote casino operators
11 February 2021
Resources
UK Financial Intelligence Unit podcast
20 January 2021
Emerging risks
Changes to UK financial sanctions framework
24 December 2020
Risk assessment
Gambling Commission risk assessment published
18 December 2020
Emerging risks
HM Treasury national risk assessment 2020
17 December 2020
Revisions
Revision of anti-money laundering guidance and advice
13 November 2020
Guidance updates
Frozen assets reporting 2020
4 September 2020
The following list of asset freeze targets will take you to the full update on the OFSI website.
Assessment of threats to UK financial sanctions compliance: a report from OFSI to support a risk-based approach to compliance in Art Market Participants and High Value Goods sector.
OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions.
General guidance for UK financial sanctions
Guidance on compliance with UK financial sanctions regulations for high value dealers (HVDs) and art market participants.
An overview of the UK’s cross-government strategic approach to enforcing breaches of UK sanctions.
Statutory guidance for the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Libya sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Russia sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Somalia sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Republic of Belarus sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Myanmar sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Counter-terrorism international sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the South Sudan sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Sudan sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Syria sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Venezuela sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Yemen sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Zimbabwe sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Iran sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
Statutory guidance for the Iran nuclear sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.
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