In the UK, the Gambling Commission has announced that a test purchasing programme, designed to look at the effectiveness of under-age gambling polices and procedures at arcades, betting shops, bingo clubs and casinos, is to be rolled out in England and Wales.
Over the next few months, the tests are designed to provide the Commission with evidence that licensed operators have sufficient safeguards in place to prevent under-age gambling and will be conducted using under 18s under the supervision of trained officers.
Licensed operators that use third parties to conduct their own test purchasing and share their results with the Commission are less likely to be directly tested than operators who are not proactively providing the body with assurances that they are testing their own controls.
