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<p>DCMS officials and I hold regular discussions with the Gambling Commission on a
range of matters including arrangements for enforcing the new licensing regime for
remote gambling operators, which comes into force on 1 November 2014.</p><p>These
enforcement arrangements include the disruption of illegal financial transactions.
Companies such as MasterCard, Visa and PayPal are working with the Gambling Commission
to ensure the termination of financial processing contracts with unlicensed gambling
operators.</p><p>The Government and the Gambling Commission will assess the effectiveness
of this approach, to enable Government to ensure that the Gambling Commission continues
to have all of the enforcement tools that it needs.</p>
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