12 July 2024: Public Statement - New Gaming or Lottery Systems

The GSC is today publishing an update to its policy relating to the approval of new gaming or lottery systems as defined in Online Gambling (Systems Verification) (No 2) Regulations 2007 (the ‘products’) . 

With immediate effect the requirement for these products to receive prior approval from the GSC is removed and has been replaced with a prior notification requirement.  The circumstances that require the production of a test certificate to the GSC will remain unchanged however, Operators will no longer need to be in receipt of an approval from the GSC before launching the products.    Certificates will continue to be reviewed for compliance with the applicable standards in line with the Supervision programme.

Prior notification will require test certificates, along with the Operator’s updated test certificate master list, to now be sent to gscgeneralsupervision@gov.im.  Test certificate master lists will no longer refer to an approved start date and Operators should instead enter the date that the product was first offered.

Please direct any queries to your lead inspector in the first instance.