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<p>Offshore remote betting operations have not hitherto been licensed by the Gambling
Commission. This means there is currently no centrally collected and publicly available
comprehensive dataset of offshore remote operator profits on which to base an estimate.
This will change once the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act comes into force
on 1 November. We expect the Gambling Commission will be including data from remote
offshore operators in their <em>Industry Statistics</em> from 2015.</p><p> </p><p>In
the Government’s recent consultation <em>Extending the Horserace Betting Levy</em>,
we noted that any estimates of potential additional yield extrapolated from published
information such as some company accounts would necessarily be “best guesses” and
could only be indicative, not least because the remote gambling market is growing
very quickly. We said that the range of “best guesses” ran from £10m to £30m p.a.
and sought estimates of potential additional levy yield from respondents assuming
the rate of collection remained at 10.75%. Such estimates as were received in consultation
responses generally fell within that bracket. The government will be publishing its
response to the consultation in due course.</p><p> </p>
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