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Question follow-through · 41784

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to regulate unregulated legal gambling.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
4 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to regulate unregulated legal gambling.

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Gambling in Great Britain is regulated by the Gambling Commission, which operates a point of consumption licensing regime. Most legal gambling in Great Britain is regulated.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Gambling: Internet

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of enforcement action against unlicensed online gambling operators.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Gambling: Licensing

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve enforcement against unlicensed gambling operators.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Gambling: Ombudsman

15 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress her Department has made on the establishment of the gambling ombudsman.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bet365

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41783 on Bet365, what enforcement measures the Gambling Commission has considered in relation to Bet365’s operations in China.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Gambling: Regulation

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41783 on Bet365, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Gambling Commission’s regulatory action against operators t

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

TGP Europe: Licensing

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to prohibit the owners of white label gambling operator TGP Europe from holding gambling licenses in the future.