Gambling

With the Gambling Commission escalating enforcement action every day, we help our clients meet this challenge, which in some instances represents an existential threat to their business.

The last two years has seen the Gambling Commission become noticeably more draconian, imposing penalty packages totalling more than £40 million, making non-compliance expensive. In 2018/2019, the Gambling Commission carried out:

• more than 160 regulatory and criminal investigations, more than in the previous two years combined;
• over 2,000 intelligence reports; and
• 1,172 risk-based compliance assessments

Penalty packages are almost always coupled with costly remedial programmes, including shaming through public statements, and such penalties often require reporting in other jurisdictions. The consequences are, therefore, far-reaching. Our longevity in this industry, and our long history of dealings with regulators, has garnered a trust which enables us to help avert regulatory action against our clients wherever realistically practicable or, alternatively, to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients in the unfortunate event of regulatory enforcement, whilst simultaneously addressing the key concerns of the regulator.

We assist land-based and online gambling businesses, and personal licence holders, on:

• Remedial compliance programmes and action plans
• Interim suspension orders
• Initial meetings (formerly known as scoping meetings)
• Operating licence reviews
• Personal licence reviews
• Regulatory settlements
• Sanctions