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Misuse of inside information: Policy position paper

This document sets out the Gambling Commission’s approach to dealing with potential incidents of misuse of inside information in betting (June 2025).

Published
16 December 2025

Last updated
16 December 2025 - Changes

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Introduction

The Gambling Commission of Great Britain was set up under the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain. We are committed to keeping crime out of gambling, ensuring gambling is conducted fairly and openly and the vulnerable are protected from harm or exploitation. We continue to support and facilitate collaboration across operators and other agencies concerned with raising standards in relation to sports and sports betting integrity. Our 2024 to 2027 Corporate Strategy sets out how we aim to deliver against our objectives and duties.

In 2009 the Minister for Sport brought together a panel of experts to form the Sports Betting Integrity Panel. Members of the panel included key people from the principal organisations involved; from the betting industry, the police, players, and fans, Sports Governing Bodies (SGBs), the legal profession, and the Commission to look at a wide range of issues relating to sports betting integrity.

Under the recommendations of the panel the Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit (SBIU) was created to help protect Britain betting against potential corruption.

The intention of the SBIU is to bring together the intelligence efforts of partners as the hub of Britain’s betting integrity national platform (opens in new tab). The SBIU also contributes to delivery of priority actions set out in the Sports and Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan (opens in new tab).

The Terms of Reference of the SBIU are published on the Commission’s website.

SBIU receives reports of suspected betting integrity from several sources including cases of suspected misuse of inside information. By ‘misuse’ we mean taking actions using inside information that would be considered substantially unfair and/or cheating or fraud depending on the context. These actions include individuals using this information, or passing it onto others, for betting purposes.

This document sets out the Commission’s approach to dealing with potential incidents of misuse of inside information in betting. It also covers what is expected from SGBs and betting operators and other relevant organisations in relation to protecting sport and sports betting from the misuse of inside information. This includes an outline of the trigger points where we would expect organisations to inform the Commission of a potential incident.

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