Gambling Commission reports stable UK illegal-gambling traffic amid VPN uncertainty

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.