Monthly overview · Europe
United Kingdom in October 2026
What moved in this market's gambling rules, registers and enforcement during the month, with the official source behind each line. This is the free overview of the monthly edition Crossnorm prepares for each market; the edition itself carries the payments and AML record with its quotes, the registers and their movement, and the subscriber's own licences and domains.
Covers 1 Oct 2026 – 31 Oct 2026 · made 9 Nov 2026
- Dated events
- 5
- Decisions in 2026
- 25
- Consultations open
- 1
- Rules verified
- 9 of 18
What happened
- Register
UK Gambling Commission: entries 1758 → 1757
Source: UK Gambling Commission
- Register
UK Gambling Commission: entries 1759 → 1758
Source: UK Gambling Commission
- Decision
L & L Europe Limited: Settlement · £900,000
Breach topics in the record: AML, safer gambling, technical standards, licensing.
Source: UK Gambling Commission
- Decision
Fun City (UK) Limited: Fine · £560
Breach topics in the record: reporting.
Source: UK Gambling Commission
- Decision
Grosvenor Casinos Limited: Settlement · £5,012,261
Breach topics in the record: AML, safer gambling, reporting, licensing.
Source: UK Gambling Commission
Since the period closed
Recorded between the end of the month and 9 Nov 2026, the day this overview was made.
- Register
UK Gambling Commission: entries 1744 → 1742
Source: UK Gambling Commission
- Consultation
Consultation closed: Consultation on prohibiting third party betting on Powerball
Source: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Register
UK Gambling Commission: entries 1757 → 1746
Source: UK Gambling Commission
Dates ahead
Dated changes and deadlines of the next 24 months, from the records loaded.
- Date
Consultation closes: Consultation on prohibiting third party betting on Powerball
Source: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Enforcement in 2026
25 actions of the regulator against companies to 31 Oct 2026, 19 with a payment: £12,490,424 in all. · UK Gambling Commission
| Date | Company | Action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2026 | L & L Europe Limited | Settlement | £900,000 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | Fun City (UK) Limited | Fine | £560 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Grosvenor Casinos Limited | Settlement | £5,012,261 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 5ve Guys Entertainments Ltd | Fine | £250 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | Targetlocal Ltd | Licence suspension | – |
| 8 Sep 2026 | Tom Horn Gaming Limited | Licence suspension | – |
The regulator's decisions of the twelve months to the end of the period, as published; amounts as published.
Consultations and notifications
Consultation · Closed
Consultation on prohibiting third party betting on Powerball
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · opened 22 Sep 2026 · closes 4 Nov 2026
Consultation · Closed
Call for industry proposals to address the burdens associated with gambling regulation
Gambling Commission · opened 26 Jun 2026 · closes 25 Sep 2026
Consultation · Closed
Consultation on amending section 2.39 in the Statement of Principles for Determining Financial Penalties in relation to the destination of future regulatory settlements
Gambling Commission · opened 5 Feb 2026 · closes 2 Apr 2026
Consultation · Closed
Proposed changes to Gambling Commission fees
Department for Culture, Media and Sport · opened 27 Jan 2026 · closes 30 Mar 2026
Consultation · Closed
Consultation on Category D gaming machines and licensing for bingo premises
Department for Culture, Media and Sport · opened 15 Oct 2025 · closes 30 Jan 2026
Consultation · Closed
Consultation – Proposed amendments to Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) due to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Gambling Commission · opened 18 Aug 2025 · closes 29 Sep 2025
Consultation · Closed
Tax Treatment of Remote Gambling
HM Treasury · opened 23 Apr 2025 · closes 21 Jul 2025
Consultation · Closed
Supplementary consultation – Definition of deposit limits in the Remote Gambling and Software Technical Standards
Gambling Commission · opened 6 Mar 2025 · closes 30 Apr 2025
Official figures
The publishers' own figures with their periods, status indicative: not values checked against a legal text.
Active player accounts
13,400,000
Jan–Mar 2026 (monthly average)
Gambling Commission (Great Britain)
Gambling participation of adults
47%
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 (past 4 weeks)
Gambling Commission (Great Britain)
Gross gaming revenue
£1.55bn
Jan–Mar 2026
Gambling Commission (Great Britain)
New player accounts
32,400,000
Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
Gambling Commission (Great Britain)
Online gambling participation of adults
38%
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 (past 4 weeks)
Gambling Commission (Great Britain)
Online gambling participation of adults
16%
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 (past 4 weeks)
Gambling Commission (Great Britain)
What this overview holds
9 of the 9 sections of the edition hold records for this market; the others say so instead of an estimate.
- What happened
- Dates ahead
- Payments and AML record
- Guide statements
- Official registers
- Enforcement
- Consultations and notifications
- Official figures
- Library of acts
The full edition
Subscribers receive the edition on the 1st of each month: the payments and AML record of the market with its quotes and check dates, the official registers and their movement, the regulator's decisions with their references, the consultations and EU notifications, the official figures, the library of acts, and their own licences and domains as the registers show them. Printable, every number traced to a source.