The director of enforcement at Great Britain’s Gambling Commission has warned operators who show “persistent non-compliance” with regulatory returns submissions will face “escalating enforcement action.”
The regulator said that since October, more than 10 operators have been fined up to £750 for not correctly completing and submitting regulatory returns within the required timeframe.
The next submissions are due by next Monday, April 28, after the Gambling Commission scrapped annual regulatory returns in favour of quarterly submissions in July last year by changing Licence Condition 15.3.1 of the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice.
John Pierce, the regulator’s director of enforcement, said that in the aforementioned cases, “further failures to comply” were spotted.
“Operators are expected to understand their reporting obligations and must ensure returns are submitted on time via our online portal,” he said.
“Repeated breaches and persistent non-compliance is likely to result in escalating enforcement action.”
