Who are the gambling commission

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The Gambling Commission was set up under the Gambling Act 2005 to regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain. The Gambling Act 2005 came fully into force on 1 September 2007.

We are an independent non-departmental public body (NDPB) sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

We have over 200 employees, mostly based in Birmingham. This includes over 60 compliance and enforcement managers working across Great Britain.

Our work is funded by fees, paid by the operators that we license. In addition, we receive a grant from DCMS to conduct a three yearly gambling prevalence survey.

Gambling activities we regulate
We regulate commercial gambling in Great Britain including:

arcades
betting
bingo
casinos
gaming machine providers
gambling software providers
lottery operators and external lottery managers
British-based remote gambling operators.
Gambling activities we do not regulate
We do not regulate spread betting. This is the responsibility of the Financial Services Authority.

We do not regulate the National Lottery. This is the responsibility of the National Lottery Commission