Speaking at the Betting and Gaming Council’s (BGC) 2025 AGM, the CEO of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) presented a ‘high-level’ overview of the year ahead for regulatory projects, programmes and initiatives.
Hosted on 28 February, the BGC’s AGM coincided with the Commission decreasing the financial vulnerability threshold for online gambling deposits from its test phase of £500 to a live environment of £150 per 30-day period.
The application of deposit thresholds will initiate a period of regulatory changes for licensed operators, who must contribute funding to a new Statutory Levy on problem gambling harms from 6 April and apply £5 and £2 stake limits on online slots from 21 May.
Rhodes noted that new online requirements come as the Commission monitors stable trends, saying: “Recent data published shows that total gros..