The Gambling Commission’s update to Licence Condition 18.1.1 in the LCCP will come into force on 29 July, with land-based operators obliged to remove all non-compliant machines from their premises when notified by the regulator..
The Gambling Commission is to begin enforcing updated Licence Conditions next week, notably 18.1.1 which requires gambling businesses to remove non-compliant gaming machines from their premises upon receipt of written notification from the regulator.
The update is part of the Commission’s wider consultation regarding GMTS and the relevance of its existing LCCP, and will come into force on 29 July, six months after the results of the consultation were first published.
In a comment that sounds more like an opportunistic jump through a loophole rather than a scheduled implementation dateline, the Commission noted: “Although the number of responses was limited, comments on the implementation date were more about the consultation proposals as a whole, rather than to this specific proposal.”
It added: “The new licence condition does not require licensees to implement any technical or process changes and it will simplify our compliance and enforcement processes and enable us to ensure our requirements are met more effectively in the future. This new condition would require licensees to react only if notified by the Commission.”
The final wording of Licence Condition 18.1.1 is “Licensees must not make a specified gaming machine available for use in reliance on the licence if the Commission has notified the licensee in writing that the manufacture, supply, installation, adaption, maintenance or repair of the machine:
a. was not carried out in reliance on a gaming machine technical operating licence, or
b. did not comply with the Commission’s gaming machine technical standards.”
“Applies to: All non-remote casino, bingo, betting, adult gaming centre and family entertainment centre licences.”
Originally published on Coinslot on July 27, 2026. Republished with permission.