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Gambling Commission launches UK Illegal Gambling Hub

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The Gambling Commission launched an Illegal Gambling Hub in the UK alongside the first report in a series on the illegal online market in Great Britain. The hub will collect research, enforcement updates and guidance on identifying unlicensed gambling; the first report examines consumer behaviour, motivations and profiles, with further reports planned on engagement, enforcement and market-size estimates.

The hub and research give operators and regulators material on consumer routes into illegal gambling and the Commission’s enforcement work.

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Gambling Commission reports 266,667 illegal gambling URLs removed in 2025/2026

The Gambling Commission said 266,667 URLs were removed in the 2025/2026 financial year after 397,527 were reported to search engines, according to a speech by chief executive ad interim Sarah Gardner given on 20 October and published on 21 October. The regulator sent 741 formal cessation notices and reported 1,068 sites to search engines for deindexing. The UK government has allocated £26m over three years to the illegal-market effort, with a first £7m tranche available from April 2026.

The Gambling Commission said 266,667 URLs were removed in the 2025/2026 financial year after 397,527 were reported to search engines, according to a speech by chief executive ad interim Sarah Gardner given on 20 October 2026 at the International Association of Gaming Regulators conference in Lima, Peru, and published on 21 October. The figures cover the period before additional government funding became available.

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