Betting & Gaming

27 Nov 2024

Gambling | Statutory levy and online slot stake limits

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today announced plans to introduce a statutory levy and online slot stake limits to be introduced to tackle gambling harm. The introduction of a statutory levy on the Gambling industry to fund res...

14 Aug 2024

Gambling Commission to tighten age verification in gambling premises

Following on from a consultation in May 2024, the Gambling Commission’s new rules requiring all gambling premises-based licensees (to include smaller licensees), to carry out age verification test purchasing, will be enforced from 30th Augus...

06 Jun 2024

Gambling | Changes to land-based gambling sector

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) published its gambling white paper in April 2023, which set out the government’s plans for modernising the regulation of the gambling sector. The white paper outlined a series of key propos...

07 May 2024

Single-sex toilet law proposed for new buildings

Future buildings in England will be required to have separate male and female toilets under proposed legislation, the Government has said. The law will affect new non-residential buildings as part of a push “ending the rise” of gender...

25 Mar 2024

Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice | Updated 1st April '24

The Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) set out the requirements all licensees must meet in order to hold a Gambling Commission licence. On the 1st of April a number several changes to the LCCP will take effect following a consultatio...

26 Feb 2024

New £2 maximum stake for under 25s playing online slots

Stake limits for online slot games will be introduced for the first time in September, including lower limits for young adults, as the Government continues to roll out measures to protect people from gambling harms. The new limits will be: Maxim...