British Gambling Commission calls for industry ideas on reducing regulatory burdens
The British gambling regulator is seeking ideas to streamline operational processes and requirements.
UK.- The British Gambling Commission has invited industry stakeholders to help identify opportunities to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens. The initiative, set out in the regulator’s 2026/27 Business Plan, invites ideas on how regulatory requirements, guidance and operational processes could be streamlined or improved without harming consumer protections and the licensing objectives of the Gambling Act 2005.
The regulator said it’s interested in receiving proposals covering its Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice, technical standards, reporting processes or wider interactions across the regulatory framework.
Stakeholders are invited to submit proposals using an online form on the Gambling Commission’s website by the end of September for review in the current business cycle. The topic will also be discussed at the next Operators Engagement Forum on July 2.
Tim Miller, the Gambling Commission’s Executive Director for Research and Policy, said: “We want to hear from the industry about where regulation can be improved or streamlined without compromising the protections that consumers rightly expect.
“This is an opportunity to identify tangible changes that support innovation while ensuring regulation remains effective, proportionate and focused on keeping gambling fair and safe.”
The Gambling Commission stressed that it remains committed to ensuring compliance costs are proportionate to the risks faced by consumers, while continuing to keep crime out of gambling, ensure gambling is conducted fairly and openly, and protect children and vulnerable people from harm.
Recent enforcement action includes a issued a £122,835 fine against Stakelogic BV over breaches of responsible product design standards in the B2B gambling software provider’s games. The Gambling Commission found that several games breached the minimum time gap of 2.5 seconds between spins because the software provider had relied on using a manual stopwatch during testing.
