Gambling White Paper Timeline

Light touch vulnerability checks will use publicly available data (like history of unpaid debts and  bankruptcy records) to identify risks of harm.

Frictionless financial risk assessments will be more detailed risk assessments, which will run as a pilot program first which would allow operators and credit agencies to test how they would share data as it relates to identifying gambling harm. The pilot of this system will only involve the largest operators

The pilot of the frictionless financial risk assessments is expected to run from 30 August 2024 to 31 March 2025 (although this could extend to 30 April 2025).

i. £5 maximum stake limit per spin for adults aged 25 and above.

ii. £2 maximum stake limit per spin for young adults aged 18 to 24.

i. a minimum 5 second game speed for all non-slot games;

ii. a requirement for operators to display net spend and net time information for casino games;

iii. a ban on autoplay for all online gambling products;

iv. a ban on operators offering features that facilitates playing multiple simultaneous games (as it relates to casino products);

v.  a ban on audio or visual effects associated with a win of returns less than or equal to the amount staked (which now extends to all casinos and not just slots);

vi. a ban on features that reduce the time for a result to be known (e.g., turbo and quick spin) to all online gambling products; and

vii. new information security controls found in ISO27001:2022.

Updated requirements for security audits will come into effect on 31 October 2024 – meaning all annual security audits conducted after 01 November 2024 will need to be updated to the ISO27001:2022 standard.

Licensees to provide customers with options to ‘opt-in’ to direct marketing on a per product and per channel basis.

For further analysis on this LCCP Social Responsibility code, please see our insight article here.

Awaiting Government response.

Awaiting Government response.

Awaiting Government response.

Awaiting Government response.

Additional consultations not referenced in the White Paper

• CEO/ MDs must hold PML: The Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, or equivalent role will need to hold a PML.

• Chair of the Board: The person chairing the board will also need a PML, but only if appointed for a fixed term, not on a temporary or meeting-by-meeting basis.

• AML/CTF roles: The member of the board assigned responsibility for compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations will need to hold a PML, as will a licensee’s nominated officer.

The Gambling Commission consultation closed on 18 October 2023.

The Gambling Commission recently published its response, here, as it relates to PML.

Licence Condition 1.2.1 of the LCCP to come into force on 29 November 2024.

The Gambling Commission recently published its response, here, that it will not be implementing the proposed changes to regulatory panels.