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    • Appendix A - Summary of machine provisions by premises
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      • Changes to our enforcement strategy: putting the consumer first
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      • Controlling where gaming machines may be played
      • Extending the requirement to assess money laundering risk to the non-remote lottery sector
      • High turnover bingo operators and multi-operator self-exclusion requirements
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      • Proposals for Gambling Commission fees from April 2017
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    • 2013
      • Weaknesses in anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls
      • Weaknesses in anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls
      • Important lessons for the gambling industry on anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls
    • 2014
      • Action against illegal poker clubs
      • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) directive update
      • Annual reports published
      • Cards on the table for illegal poker clubs
      • Changes to gaming machine stake and prize limits
      • Commission briefs London boroughs on gambling issues
      • Commission licence needed by software suppliers
      • Councils share good practice on illegal poker clubs
      • Customer funds disclosure to customers – clarification for non-remote operators
      • DCMS consultation on incidental non-commercial, private society, work and residents' lotteries
      • DCMS publishes gambling protections and controls
      • First money laundering prosecution for illegal poker den
      • Four weeks left to apply for continuation rights
      • Further analysis of the Health Survey for England 2012 and Scottish Health Survey 2012
      • Further strengthening to licence conditions and codes of practice
      • Gambling advice and guidance for local councils
      • Gambling behaviour in England and Scotland
      • Gambling Commission granted permission to appeal
      • Gambling Commission imposes penalty on Camelot
      • Gambling Commission issues fairground reminder
      • Gambling Commission joins forces with Crimestoppers
      • Gambling Commission keyed in to IOC for suspicious betting at Winter Olympics
      • Gambling Commission on hand at advertising seminar
      • Gambling Commission seeks views on proposed new social responsibility controls
      • Gambling Commission strengthens senior team
      • Gaming machine training workshops
      • Interim suspension of operating licence – Bodugi Limited
      • Interim suspension of operating licence - Silverline Interactiv Technologies Plc trading as Pokercent
      • Latest industry statistics published
      • Latest industry statistics published
      • Latest licensing authority statistics published
      • Licensing deadline fast approaching for offshore gambling operators wishing to continue to provide gambling to consumers
      • Maintaining the strength and integrity of starting prices for greyhound racing in Great Britain
      • More illegal machines seized from the streets of London
      • New consultation on resolving disputes
      • New help note published on gambling advertising
      • New service allows operators to apply for a licence online
      • Online application service extended to non-remote operators
      • Pub betting conviction sends warning message to licensees ahead of Grand National week
      • Reducing risk to the licensing objectives – use of information by traders in the betting industry
      • Remote Gambling Bill receives royal assent
      • Review of the licence conditions and codes and associated technical standards relating to responsible gambling provision
      • Reviewing and strengthening licence conditions and codes of practice
      • Revocation of operating licence – Bet Butler Limited
      • Revocation of operating licence - Bodugi Limited
      • Rugby Football League sanctions welcomed
      • Shortcomings in anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls
      • The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 Transitional arrangements for EEA and Whitelist operators published
      • Three guilty in match fixing probe
      • Twenty bookmakers at Ascot allowed 16-year-old to bet: operators warned they must improve underage gambling controls
      • Twenty percent limit takes effect for category B machines in newer AGC and bingo premises
      • Underage gambling figures remain low
      • Unlicensed online gaming machine suppliers cautioned
      • Weaknesses persist in underage gambling controls
    • 2015
      • 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive published
      • Annual report published
      • Camelot's proposals agreed on changes to Lotto and HotPicks.
      • Clarifying the role of 'authorised persons' in Scotland
      • Commission involved in day of action
      • Commission launches consultation on its 5th edition of Guidance to licensing authorities
      • Commission launches gaming machines consultation
      • Commission reviewing peer-to-peer poker
      • Commission tackles advertising on illegal websites
      • Council seizes 38 illegal gaming machines
      • Gambling Commission raises the bar on social responsibility
      • Greyhound trainer jailed for cheating at gambling
      • Have your say on new controls to prevent crime in gambling
      • Important lessons for the gambling industry on anti-money laundering and social responsibility controls
      • International pilot to streamline testing standards
      • Jail for woman who defrauded employers of almost £1 million
      • Latest gambling industry statistics published
      • Latest information about 666Bet and Metro Play
      • Lessons to be learned from money laundering failures at Caesars casinos
      • Licensing Authorities consulted on changes to statutory guidance
      • New conditions for operators failing second underage test
      • New Guidance to licensing authorities reinforces the importance of partnership working
      • Online gambling in Britain measured accurately for the first time
      • Online scratchcard lottery warning
      • Personal licence applications are now online
      • Prison for online poker cheat ordered to pay back £1m
      • Responsible Gambling Strategy Board – new appointee
      • Sarah Harrison to be appointed Chief Executive at the Gambling Commission
      • Secondary analysis of participation data published
      • Sports betting integrity action plan published today
      • Unlicensed operator appears in court
      • Unpaid work and £2,000 legal costs for unlicensed bookmaker
      • New website to clamp down on corruption in sport
    • 2016
      • Warning for bookmakers on novelty markets
      • Betfred to pay over £800,000 following licence review
      • Binary options scams warning
      • Camelot fined for putting public confidence at risk
      • Camelot licence breach leads to financial penalty
      • Chief Executive Sarah Harrison has been awarded an MBE
      • Commission challenges operators to quicken pace of consumer focus
      • Commission research features online gambling trends for the first time
      • Commission welcomes charter for sports governance
      • Commission welcomes Government gambling review
      • Consumer focus for Commission Annual Report
      • Consumers take centre stage in new Gambling Commission business plan
      • Co-operation agreement with the Portuguese gambling regulator
      • DCMS launches consultation on Gambling Act 2005 changes
      • Decision following licence review Silverbond Enterprises Limited
      • Football match-fixing arrests in Wales
      • Gambling Commission applauds World Rugby and partners in the successful delivery of the Rugby World Cup 2015
      • Gambling Commission chief executive addresses flagship gaming show
      • Gambling Commission crane machine reminder
      • Gambling Commission Executive level changes help put consumers at heart of regulation
      • Gambling Commission joins Kick Crime Out of Sport project
      • Gambling Commission renews partnership with Crimestoppers to combat corruption in sport
      • Gambling Commission shines light on virtual currencies, eSports and social gaming
      • Gambling Commission starts two-way conversation with consumers
      • Gambling Commission warning over BetOwen website
      • Gambling Commission warning to pubs
      • Gambling Commission wins Greene King appeal
      • Gambling industry probed over complaints about unfair terms and conditions
      • Gambling licensing day of action
      • Gambling statistics paint picture of gambling in Great Britain
      • Gaming machines reminder for fairground operators
      • Interim suspension of operating licence – Smart TV Broadcasting Limited
      • IOL National Licensing Week 2016: what have we learned?
      • Latest health survey data highlights gambling participation and problem gambling rates in Scotland
      • Lessons to be learned from failures at Gala Coral Group
      • Lessons to be learned from failures at Paddy Power Group
      • Lottery red tape to be cut
      • New Chair of the Gambling Commission
      • New figures show online gambling is largest gambling sector in Britain
      • New Gambling Commission commissioners announced
      • New report indicates 450,000 children gamble every week
      • New rules to tackle crime linked to gambling
      • New strategy to tackle gambling-related harm launched
      • New survey data highlights gambling participation and problem gambling rates in Wales
      • Online system for operators relaunched with YouTube videos today
      • Open letter to The Daily Mail
      • Open letter to The Times
      • Poker organisers pay £32,000 after illegal gambling crackdown
      • Prosecutions and new conditions for operators failing age tests
      • Recruitment: Chair of the Gambling Commission
      • Regulations to reduce gambling harm introduced
      • Smart TV Broadcasting Limited – surrender of licences
      • Suspension of adult gaming centre operating licence - Run Lines Limited trading as Red 9 Gaming
      • Tim Miller to join the Gambling Commission executive team
      • Two men charged with offences under the Gambling Act 2005
      • Worldpay technical issues
    • 2017
      • Commission joins forces with police to tackle crime risks at Scottish betting shops
      • Commission urges operators to review when customer identity checks are made
      • Commission warns parents over the perils of gambling linked to video games
      • David Pemberton appointed Gambling Commission Chief Operating Officer
      • Do you know who is making payments into your customer accounts?
      • Fairground operators reminded to follow gaming machine rules
      • Gambling business fined £300,000 for misleading advertising
      • Gambling Commission backs National Licensing Week
      • Gambling Commission chief executive looks to the future at this year's flagship gaming show
      • Gambling Commission holds regional workshops for two popular arcade hotspots
      • Gambling Commission launches 2017/18 business plan and invites the industry to have a say on plans for next three years
      • Gambling Commission publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2016/17
      • Gambling Commission raises standards with new conditions for online operators
      • Gambling Commission unveils new enforcement strategy
      • Gambling Commission urges industry to take consumer complaints more seriously
      • Gambling Commission warns fantasy football organisers to not get caught out by gambling rules
      • Gambling Commission welcomes Greene King decision by Court of Appeal
      • Gambling operators face landmark enforcement action over unfair practices and promotions
      • Joint operation results in reduction of gambling adverts placed on illegal websites
      • Latest industry statistics published
      • Lessons to be learnt from failures at TGP Europe Ltd and Fesuge Ltd
      • Lottoland to pay £150,000 for advertising failings
      • National gambling helpline switches to freephone number in March
      • New data to inform government gambling review
      • New Money Laundering Regulations now in effect
      • New research shows almost half of people in Britain gamble
      • Sport and sports betting integrity action plan
      • Sports Betting Integrity Forum first Annual Report
      • Suspension of adult gaming centre operating licence – Light Gaming Limited
      • Termination of operating licence - Run Lines Limited
      • Two men convicted after offering illegal gambling parasitic upon popular FIFA computer game
      • Conclusion of Commission investigation into incident at Sittingbourne
      • Walter Merricks' term as Commissioner extended
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