The Gambling Commission’s annual report and accounts for 2014/15 has been published, which provides an overview of the Commission’s operations and financial position. The Commission has made significant progress in furthering its four key strategic aims of empowering and protecting consumers, raising standards, building partnership and understanding, and ensuring National Lottery good causes are maximised.
With almost a decade of regulating gambling, the Commission’s longstanding focus on looking to the industry to take responsibility for keeping gambling fair and safe is starting to pay off, though the pressure is still on for the industry to maintain the developing momentum in socially responsible gambling provision.
“This year has seen us take an important step to strengthen the social responsibility requirements placed on gambling industry operators, particularly regarding protecting players and empowering them to better manage their own gambling. Also, the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 was introduced and extended gambling regulation to overseas operators offering gambling facilities to consumers in Great Britain.
You can download the report from the Commission’s website. The Commission’s annual review which focuses on achievements and activity for the year will be published shortly.