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Gambling Commission offers some hope for gambling software licence applicants

United Kingdom
30/03/2015
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This article was produced by Olswang LLP, which joined with CMS on 1 May 2017.

As the deadline for software licensing approaches, the Gambling Commission has published an FAQ response on its blog that offers some comfort to both those who are awaiting determination of their software licence applications and those supplied by them.



The FAQ response means that operators will be able to continue to make available games on their sites that have been manufactured, supplied, installed and/or adapted prior to 31 March 2015 even where the person who manufactured, supplied, installed or adapted that game has not received a Gambling Commission licence by 31 March.



All parties concerned are likely to appreciate this pragmatic response from the Gambling Commission. That said, the characterisation of the supply of gambling software as a one-off action is unusual given the manner in which software is supplied to operators (particularly in light of support and upgrade commitments and SAAS services). Consequently, operators will need to keep their relationships with as-yet unlicensed suppliers under review in order to ensure that further supplies of software are not made until appropriate licences are in place.

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