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A dated register of Gambling Act Review measures, tracing policy announcements to the rules that took effect and keeping proposals with no confirmed start date separate.
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Follow the online slots and bonus-rule timelines to distinguish a consultation, decision, implementation date and later correction.
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Register as of 21 September 2026. 'Affordability checks' is not a term in the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice. The phrase covers two measures with different dates. The financial vulnerability check has been in force since 30 August 2024, at £150 net deposits in a rolling 30 days since 28 February 2025. Financial risk assessments were announced as a staged programme on 7 July 2026, with no Stage 1 start date yet published.
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The £150 rolling threshold is an existing public-record check. The July 2026 financial-risk decision describes a separate staged programme whose first start date still needs confirmation in the sources reviewed.
Read Financial vulnerability checks and financial risk assessments run on different timetables
The statutory levy changed how gambling-harm funding is collected. Its rate, revenue base, first-year adjustment and later scope correction need to stay attached to the dates.
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A casino rule change is not a worldwide rule change. Section 33 of the Gambling Act 2005 states the position for Great Britain, and a licence issued elsewhere does not carry into it.
Read Jurisdiction before the headline: what changes, for whom, and from when
The day a change is announced and the day it takes effect can be months apart.
Read Two dates every regulatory summary needsFor financial checks, two. The financial vulnerability check applies at £150 net deposits in a rolling 30 days and has been in force since 28 February 2025. Financial risk assessments were announced on 7 July 2026, with Stage 1 at £5,000 in 24 hours and no start date yet.
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The financial vulnerability check is social responsibility code 3.4.4 of the LCCP for remote licensees serving Great Britain; this bulletin covers only the two financial-check measures.
From Affordability checks gambling: what changes, for whom, and from when
This bulletin's sources cover the financial checks only, so it makes no statement on deposit-limit rules.
From Affordability checks gambling: what changes, for whom, and from when
On the commencement date established by its governing document, which may differ from the announcement date. The July 2026 financial-risk decision leaves stage-one timing for later confirmation in the sources reviewed here.
From Financial vulnerability checks and financial risk assessments run on different timetables
For this specific Great Britain topic, the Commission has announced staged financial risk assessments. The future stages must be distinguished from the financial vulnerability rule already in force; this article is not a register of all UK changes.
From Financial vulnerability checks and financial risk assessments run on different timetables