The Commission is consulting on three proposed changes to our requirements on gambling businesses. 

The proposals include extending the requirement to participate in the remote multi-operator self-exclusion scheme (GAMSTOP) to all licensees that make and accept bets by telephone and email, introducing an LCCP requirement to report deaths by suicide to the Commission, and a technical update to references to Payment Services Regulations.

Blue Star Planet Limited, trading as 10Bet, will pay £620,000 after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. 

The operator – which runs 10bet.co.uk – will pay the money as part of a settlement with the Commission. 

This statistical release covers the quarterly gambling participation and problem gambling prevalence data for the year to December 2022, as well as reporting on respondents’ perceptions of trust, crime, and attitudes towards gambling.

The Commission has published further data showing how gambling behaviour is reacting to current environmental factors in Great Britain. 

This data, sourced from operators, reflects the period between March 2020 and December 2022, inclusive, and covers online and in-person gambling covering Licensed Betting Operators (LBOs) found on Britain’s high streets. 

February 24th marked one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 

Our thoughts are, as always, with our Ukrainian colleagues, partners and everyone affected by the ongoing war.

To mark National Apprenticeship Week the Commission’s new communications apprentice Francesca Richards shares her experiences so far.