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<p>As set out in the response to WPQ 2835, the best available estimates suggest the
black market accounts for less than 2.5% of bets in this country. The Gambling Commission
takes a risk-based approach to the illegal provision of gambling facilities. The 2021
fees uplift increased investment in how the Commission monitors and tackles the black
market. It operates on a system of escalating interventions where it identifies unlicensed
operators interacting with British customers, from initial cease and desist letters
up to more robust disruption. This includes working with internet search and service
providers to delist illegal operators and restrict access, working with payment providers
and financial institutions to cut illegal operators off from payments, and working
with software providers to prevent access to popular products and games.</p><p>As
we committed to in the white paper, we are also legislating through the Criminal Justice
Bill to give stronger powers to the Gambling Commission to take down criminal gambling
websites, and plan to reform the Commission's fee structure to give it greater flexibility
to respond to emerging risks, such as black market gambling.</p>
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