UK Precrimbet Seminar Synthesis

Illegal betting, in terms of the provision of gambling facilities by unlicensed operators, does exist in the UK but risks are considered low and managed by a strong regulatory framework that supports the legal markets.

Since November 2014, betting operators have to be compliant with the UK point of consumption tax (POC)1.

One of the three licensing objectives set out in the Gambling Act 2005, is to “prevent gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime”. According to some participants, “capture of the legal sector by criminals is limited by effective regulatory supervision”.

Find here the synthesis of the seminar that took place in London on 24 January 2017, as part of the PreCrimBet EU Project.