Gambling duties

Services

  • Pay Machine Games Duty

    How to pay Machine Games Duty: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or your bank.

  • Machine Games Duty

    Machine Games Duty (MGD): what you pay it on, how to register, filing your return and changing your details.

  • File your gambling tax return

    Log in to your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account and file your General Betting Duty, Pool Betting Duty or Remote Gaming Duty returns

  • Register a business for Machine Games Duty

    Tell HM Revenue and Customs about a business you want to register for Machine Games Duty using form MGD1.

  • Register for gambling tax

    Use this service to register to for General Betting Duty (GBD), Pool Betting Duty (PBD) or Remote Gaming Duty (RGD).

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Interim Chair Appointed to the Gambling Commission

News story

Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Gambling Commission

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Organisations

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