Key issues Many of the issues we’ve covered standard requirements issued in relation to games also apply by the Commission. to online gambling, but there are This means that operators based additional factors to be considered. abroad are under a legal obligation The UK licensing regime to notify the Commission in respect of suspicious betting patterns The Gambling (Licensing & involving British consumers to Advertising) Act 2014 (Act) came help combat illegal activity and into force on 1 November 2014, corruption in sports betting. Remote and amended the Gambling Act licensees have had to use age 2005 (GA). Remote gambling by verification procedures since consumers living in Great Britain May 2019. became regulated on a ‘place of consumption’ instead of a ‘place Review of the Gambling Act of supply’ basis. 2005 and Commission reforms As a result, overseas operators In December 2020, the UK which sell into the British market are government announced it had required to obtain a licence from launched a significant review of the UK Gambling Commission (the the GA to ensure the UK’s gambling Commission). Operators must abide laws are suitable for the digital age. by the provisions of the GA and its One of the aims of the review was to regulations, as well as the social prevent gambling-related crime. responsibility and technical 136