UK Gaming Commission to propose new regulations to enhance promotional offers' security
🚀 Here's the new and improved take on those UK Gambling Commission rules:
🔒 Getting Rid of Harmful Offers and Boosting Fairness
Starting next year, the UK Gambling Commission is scrapping some promotional offers that require customers to partake in more than one type of gambling, such as betting and slots. They're also capping the number of times bonus funds must be re-wagered before the customer can pull out their winnings.
🎲 No More Mixed Product Promotions
Gambling businesses will no longer be able to offer promotions that give bonuses when customers play different types of games, such as betting and slots. This move is to protect customers from harm and confusion due to complex terms and conditions.
🔓 Simplifying Bonus Wagering Requirements
No more wagering requirements that force customers to play through their winnings multiple times before cashing out. The Commission is setting a limit of ten wagering requirements to make it easier for customers to understand and help prevent them from gambling excessively.
📝 Clearing Up the Rewards & Bonuses Section
The Commission will reword the section on rewards and bonuses in the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) to make its expectations of operators crystal clear. The changes come into effect on December 19, 2025.
📣 Tim Miller, the Executive Director for Research and Policy, had this to say:
With these changes, we aim to better protect consumers from gambling harm, giving them more clarity and certainty about offers before they make a decision to sign up.
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📌 Harm Reduction and Fairness in the Casino Industry
The UK Gambling Commission's new rules reflect a drive to promote fairness and reduce gambling-related harm. These changes include stricter regulations on promotional offers, a crackdown on unclear bonus wagering requirements, and a shift to more transparent, accountable, and socially responsible gambling practices.
💰 Financially Supporting Harm Reduction
The Commission has implemented a statutory levy across all licensed operators, set to generate £100 million annually for initiatives aimed at preventing, researching, and treating gambling harm. This move emphasizes industry responsibility for social costs associated with gambling and given the additional funding, harm reduction efforts can be more effective than before.
- The UK Gambling Commission is eliminating promotional offers that push customers to participate in more than one type of gambling, such as betting and slots.
- From next year, gambling businesses will no longer be allowed to provide promotions that offer bonuses for playing different types of games, like betting and slots.
- The Commission is limiting the number of times bonus funds must be re-wagered before customers can withdraw their winnings.
- In 2025, the Commission will clarify its expectations of operators regarding rewards and bonuses in the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP).
- Tim Miller, the Executive Director for Research and Policy, stated that the changes aim to protect consumers from gambling harm and provide them with more clarity and certainty before they sign up.
- The new rules reflect the Commission's commitment to promote fairness and reduce gambling-related harm, with stricter regulations on promotional offers, clearer bonus wagering requirements, and a shift towards more transparent, accountable, and socially responsible gambling practices.
- The Commission has implemented a statutory levy across all licensed operators, with the aim of generating £100 million annually for initiatives aimed at preventing, researching, and treating gambling harm, emphasizing industry responsibility for social costs associated with gambling.
