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<p>All operators providing gambling facilities to customers in Great Britain must
be licensed by the Gambling Commission and comply with licence conditions. These include
requirements to protect vulnerable people from being harmed by gambling and to intervene
when a customer shows signs of being at risk of harm, which apply however payments
are made.</p><p>Payments made by mobile phone are capped by the Payment Services Regulations
2017 at £40 per transaction, up to a total of £240 per month. These limits cover all
services charged to phone bills, such as gambling and music downloads. They are not
a common means of spending on gambling, currently accounting for around 0.4% of the
annual gross gambling yield (including lotteries). In addition to the regulatory requirements
of the Commission, the Phone-Paid Services Authority also regulates services that
involve charges to phone bills.</p><p>Phone payments do not represent a breach of
rules banning credit card payments for gambling but the Gambling Commission has committed
to evaluate the impact of the ban, including looking at displacement to other payment
methods. They will continue to monitor the use of phone-paid payments as part of that
evaluation.</p><p> </p>
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