England and Wales and Scotland (With the exception of Sections 43, 331 and 340 which also apply in Northern Ireland)
Dates
Royal assent
7 April 2005
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Gaming Act 1710
Gaming Act 1738
Gaming Act 1835
Gaming Act 1845
Gaming Act 1892
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963
Gaming Act 1968
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1973
Lotteries Act 1975
Lotteries and Amusements Act 1976
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1980
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1982
Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1984
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1984
Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 1985
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1986
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1987
Gaming (Amendment) Act 1990
Bingo Act 1992
Status: Amended
Records of Parliamentary debate relating to the statute from Hansard, at TheyWorkForYou
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Gambling Act 2005 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
The Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It mainly applies to England and Wales, and to Scotland, and is designed to control all forms of gambling. It transfers authority for licensing gambling from the magistrates' courts to local authorities (specifically unitary authorities, and the councils of metropolitan borough, non-metropolitan district and London boroughs), or to Scottish licensing boards. The Act also created the Gambling Commission.
^The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 362 Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine of this Act.
The GamblingAct2005 (c. 19) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It mainly applies to England and Wales, and to Scotland, and is designed...
remote gambling, but not spread betting. Free prize competitions and draws are free of the Commission's control under the "GamblingAct2005". The stated...
Online gambling (also known as iGaming or iGambling) is any kind of gambling conducted on the internet. This includes virtual poker, casinos, and sports...
different age limits for different types of gambling, and some countries have no explicit minimum gambling age. Gambling regulation is a State responsibility:...
Gambling in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Gambling Commission on behalf of the government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...
Act "in plain language does not prohibit Internet gambling on a game of chance". While some states have laws specifically prohibiting online gambling...
result, internet gambling in Australia required a new legal framework. The Interactive GamblingAct 2001 regulates the online gambling market in Australia...
gamble. As of 2024, gambling in Spain is legal and regulated under the Spanish GamblingAct of 2011, which oversees both online and offline gambling activities...
The Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (Manx: Barrantee Oaseirys Karrooghys Vannin) (formerly the Gambling Control Commission) is the Gaming...
with an entry fee are considered in the UK to be lotteries under the GamblingAct2005. Most sweepstakes in the UK are small-scale. They are classed as work...
training. The Unlawful Games Act 1541 made virtually all gambling illegal. The law was never enforced, but it did mean that gambling debts could not be collected...
schools and residential areas. Parliament outlawed gambling in 2009, after a May 2009 fire in a gambling hall in Dnipropetrovsk that killed nine people....
Whitelisted gambling jurisdictions are those gambling jurisdictions that are allowed to advertise gambling services on the territory of the United Kingdom...
under the Gambling Control Act. In 1923, gambling was briefly legalized in the then-British colony of Singapore, but the experiment led to gambling addiction...
in pubs, for example). The GamblingAct2005 covers those controls, and the Gambling Commission oversees them. Until 2005, it was illegal to advertise...
from gambling and a further 250,000 to 350,000 (or 1.4–2.1% of adults) experiencing moderate risks that may make them vulnerable to problem gambling. In...
system. All gambling operations in Gibraltar require licensing under the GamblingAct2005. The Gibraltar Regulatory Authority is the Gambling Commissioner...
by the GamblingAct2005, which superseded the Gaming Act 1968. Slot machines in the U.K. are categorised by definitions produced by the Gambling Commission...
section 334(1)(a) of the GamblingAct2005. History of gambling in the United Kingdom Halsbury's Statutes, The citation of this Act by this short title was...
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 s 412. The GamblingAct2005 removed the "debt of honour" clause that made gambling winnings exempt from legal action...
was scrapped by the government in 2008. The GamblingAct2005 revised many regulations relating to gambling in England. Among the more controversial provisions...
limited ability to forbid gambling there, as codified by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. As of 2011, there were 460 gambling operations run by 240...
Kingdom as the first mobile gambling venture in the country. After wireless gambling on casino grounds was legalized in June 2005, in March 2006, the Nevada...
by the GamblingAct2005. This superseded the Gaming Act 1968. Slot machines in the UK are categorised by definitions produced by the Gambling Commission...
Problem gambling or ludomania is repetitive gambling behavior despite harm and negative consequences. Problem gambling may be diagnosed as a mental disorder...