In February 2023, the Commission consulted on three proposed amendments to our Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) requirements on gambling businesses for multi-operator self-exclusion, notification of deaths by suicide and a technical update relating to payment services (opens in new tab). The detailed proposals were to:

1. Change Social Responsibility (SR) Code Provision 3.5.5 - Remote multi operator self-exclusion to extend the requirement to participate in the GAMSTOP multi-operator self-exclusion scheme to all gambling licensees that make and accept bets by telephone and email.
2. Add a requirement to Licence Condition 15.2.2 - Other reportable events that would require all gambling licensees to inform us when they become aware that a person who has gambled with them has died by suicide.
3. Amend the text of Licence Condition 5.1.2 - Payment methods services to ensure that the condition reflects the current legislative provisions plus a further amendment to ensure that the condition also reflects any further legislative amendments that might come into force in the future.

Following consultation, the Commission has decided to: 

• extend the requirement to participate in the remote multi-operator self-exclusion scheme (GAMSTOP) to all licensees that make and accept bets by telephone and email  
• introduce an LCCP requirement to report deaths by suicide to the Commission 
• update the existing condition about use of payment services to reflect the current legislative provisions and ensure that the condition is suitably future proofed against any further simple legislative changes. 

While the GAMSTOP and suicide reporting requirements will come into force on 1 April 2024, the payment services requirement will be implemented on 31 January 2024.