Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to prevent access to unregulated online gambling services.

The Gambling Commission can deploy a range of business disruption techniques to prevent consumers accessing the unregulated online gambling market. It works with web hosting companies and search engines to remove sites or prevent them appearing on searches, and with payment providers to prevent payments to unlicensed operators. It also has powers to prosecute or to refer issues to partner agencies such as HMRC where necessary.

The Gambling Act Review is looking at the Gambling Commission's powers and resources as part of its broad scope, including issues around unlicensed gambling. We will publish a white paper setting out our conclusions and next steps in the coming weeks.