Licence activities
Remote general betting standard real events licence
This licence allows you to provide facilities for remote (online) gambling to consumers in Britain. It allows the provision of facilities for betting on real events (but not virtual events) by means of remote communication (for example, a website).
Regardless of where you are based in the world, you need a licence from us if:
- you are providing facilities for gambling to consumers in Great Britain online (or through any other means of remote communication)
- any part of your remote gambling equipment is based in Great Britain.
There is a remote operating licence for each type of gambling activity you might want to provide.
If your gross gambling yield from telephone betting is £550,000 or more then you will need this licence.
Where you offer betting on both real events and virtual events, you will also be required to hold the general betting standard (virtual events) operating licence in addition to this licence.
If you are a gambling software business that provides facilities for remote betting but only in circumstances in which you host those facilities through other operators’ platforms, then you may be eligible to hold a general betting (host) operating licence. To hold a host licence, your business:
- must hold a gambling software operating licence, and
- must not contract directly with any of the customers who place bets on the facilities you provide, that is, only customers of another operator can access your betting facilities via that other operator’s website or app.
Please see the general betting (host) (real events) and general betting (host (virtual events) licences for further details.
Current application fees
If your gross gambling yield from telephone betting is £250,000 or more then you will need this licence.
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Application Fee |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Less than £250,000 | £6,535 |
| F2 | £250,000 or greater, up to but excluding £875,000 | £12,649 |
| F3 | £875,000 or greater, up to but excluding £3 million | £24,482 |
| G1 | £3 million or greater, up to but excluding £10.5 million | £38,368 |
| G2 | £10.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £36.75 million | £45,536 |
| H1 | £36.75 million or greater, up to but excluding £130 million | £54,043 |
| H2 | £130 million or greater, up to but excluding £455 million | £64,138 |
| I1 | £455 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.6 billion | £67,147 |
| J1 | £1.6 billion or greater | £90,648 |
Current annual fees
Your first annual fee is due 30 days after your licence is issued and is reduced by 25 percent (ancillary and linked licence annual fees are not subject to this reduction).
After this, fees are due every year before the anniversary of the day your licence was issued.
| Fee category | Annual gross gambling yield | Annual Fee |
|---|---|---|
| F1 | Less than £250,000 | £5,937 |
| F2 | £250,000 or greater, up to but excluding £875,000 | £11,531 |
| F3 | £875,000 or greater, up to but excluding £3 million | £17,244 |
| G1 | £3 million or greater, up to but excluding £10.5 million | £24,300 |
| G2 | £10.5 million or greater, up to but excluding £36.75 million | £49,612 |
| H1 | £36.75 million or greater, up to but excluding £130 million | £104,219 |
| H2 | £130 million or greater, up to but excluding £455 million | £365,625 |
| I1 | £455 million or greater, up to but excluding £1.6 billion | £1,130,250 |
| J1 | £1.6 billion or greater | £1,402,455 plus £272,205 for each complete additional £200 million of annual gross gambling yield above £1.6 billion |
Related activities
- Non-remote general betting standard operating licence
- Non-remote general betting limited operating licence
- Non-remote betting intermediary licence
- Non-remote pool betting operating licence
- Remote general betting standard virtual events licence
- Remote betting host real events licence
- Remote betting host virtual events licence
- Remote general betting limited licence
- Remote betting intermediary operating licence
- Remote betting intermediary trading rooms only licence
- Remote pool betting licence
Last updated: 1 October 2026
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Fees effective from 1 October 2026 have replaced the previous fee information.