Gambling Commission to ‘follow the money’ in illegal market crackdown

The UK regulator is fine-tuning its approach to tackling the illegal market and has led with some fighting talk The Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced that its approach to tackling the black market will increasingly “follow the money.” Marking the first day of the inaugural ‘Illegal Gambling Awareness Week,’ Gambling Commission executive director of operations Sue Young said: “If you run an illegal gambling operation, we are coming after you, your business and your money.” Last week, the UK regulator announced that it had referred 7.7 million illegal gambling URLs to search engines between July and September 2026.