January 2025 Consultation on proposed changes to the Gaming Machine Technical Standards, Gaming Machine Testing Strategy and Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice

Overview

The Gambling Commission regulates most forms of commercial gambling in Great Britain. We are consulting on proposed changes to our requirements on gambling businesses, through the Gaming Machine Technical Standards (GMTS), Gaming Machine Testing Strategy (testing strategy) and the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice. All stakeholders, including consumers, gambling businesses (such as those manufacture, supply or make gaming machines available for use), test houses and members of the public, are invited to share their views on these proposals. 

Why your views matter

The 2023 white paper 'High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age' (opens in new tab) set out a plan for reform of gambling regulation following a review of the Gambling Act 2005.  

This consultation package includes the third set of proposed changes to the regulatory framework required to implement the Commission’s commitments as part of that review. 

Our consultation on the first set of proposed changes was published in July 2023 and closed in October. Our consultation response (opens in new tab) was published in May 2024. Our consultation on the second set of proposed changes was published in November 2023 and closed in February 2024. We have published our response in relation to the Frequency of regulatory returns (opens in new tab). We are currently analysing the consultation responses for our other proposals and will set out further responses in due course. More information on our consultations (including on proposals unrelated to the review of the Gambling Act 2005) is available on our website (opens in new tab).