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Gambling Commission finds VIP scheme use stable in 2024 review

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The UK Gambling Commission found that VIP and high-value customer schemes were no more prevalent in 2024 than in 2021, following rules introduced in 2020. It said all high-value customer schemes in its data had a senior executive overseeing them, while those schemes generated about 3% of gross gambling yield in the sample, with land-based casinos showing greater reliance on scheme members.

The findings indicate how the Commission’s VIP controls are operating and where high-value schemes account for a greater share of gambling yield.

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Gambling Commission finds 91% of repeat illegal-site users also bet legally

The Gambling Commission said its open-banking study found that 91% of people with repeated detected payments to illegal operators also gambled with licensed operators. The report, published on 28 October, said licensed transactions did not fall substantially after users’ first detected illegal payment. The Commission cautioned that the panel was not nationally representative and could not measure the illegal market’s size or establish that illegal sites cause harm.

The Gambling Commission has published its first open-banking study of the illegal gambling market, finding that 91% of people with repeated detected payments to unlicensed operators also gambled with licensed operators. The report was published on 28 October, according to the Commission.

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