UK Gambling Regulator Removes 3M Illegal Gambling URLs as Crackdown Intensifies

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) says more than three million illegal gambling URLs have been removed from search engines in just six months, as its crackdown on unlicensed operators intensifies. More than 3 million illegal gambling URLs were removed from search engines in the UK between April and September 2026. (Image: UKGC) The UKGC published data showing that 3,038,969 URLs were removed from search engines between April and September 2026. That compares with just 266,667 across the entire previous financial year. The large number refers directly to individual indexed URLs, not individual gambling websites.