Written Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport·UIN 901170

Gambling: Black Economy

Tabled: 27 August 2026

Answered: 3 September 2026

Named Day

Question

Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to gambling taxes and regulations on the size of the black market in that sector.

Answer

Vicky Foxcroft

The government published behavioural costings assumptions relating to gambling duty changes at Budget 2025. We want a modern regulated gambling sector and are taking action on illegal gambling. We provided an extra £26 million in funding to the Gambling C...

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