# UK Gambling Commission Licence Register (Operators, Premises) (`faceless-api/uk-gambling-commission-licence-register`) Actor

Every licensed gambling operator in Great Britain from the official Gambling Commission register — operating licences with status, type, activities and dates, trading names, registered website domains, and licensed premises (betting shops, casinos, bingo, arcades) by council and address. Daily.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/faceless-api/uk-gambling-commission-licence-register.md
- **Developed by:** [gio](https://apify.com/faceless-api) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 result (one record)s

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## UK Gambling Commission Licence Register (Operators, Premises)

**Every licensed gambling operator in Great Britain**, from the Gambling Commission's official public register files (refreshed daily, Open Government Licence v3). Three record kinds in one dataset, told apart by `record_type`:

- **licence** — one row per operating licence: licence number, status (Active, Surrendered, Revoked, Lapsed, …), type (Remote, Non-Remote, Ancillary Remote), licensed activities (betting, casino, bingo, gaming machines, lotteries, gambling software), start and end dates, and the operator's active trading names.
- **domain** — every website domain registered against an operator, with its status.
- **premises** — every licensed premises (betting shops, casinos, bingo halls, adult gaming centres, family entertainment centres) with activity, licensing authority (council), address and postcode.

### What people use it for

- **KYB, payments and banking risk** — is this operator (or this licence number) active, remote or non-remote, and for which activities?
- **Affiliate and marketing compliance** — is this domain licensed in Great Britain, and by whom?
- **Change monitoring** — new licences, surrenders and revocations, new domains and premises (gankdat's daily change feed).
- **Sector suppliers and analysts** — premises by council or postcode area; operators by activity.

### Output (one item per licence, domain or premises)

`id, record_type, account_number, operator_name, licence_number, status, is_active, licence_type, activities, start_date, end_date, trading_names, domain_name, local_authority, address, city, postcode, outward_code, register_url`

### Data posture

Statutory public register, organisation level: licensed businesses, their trading names, domains and business premises as published by the Gambling Commission. The personal licence registers (management and functional licences held by individuals) are never used. Pay per result; set **Maximum results** to control spend. Data from gankdat.com (REST API, MCP server, daily change feeds).

# Actor input Schema

## `record_type` (type: `string`):

licence = one row per operating licence; domain = website domains registered against operators; premises = licensed premises (shops, casinos, bingo halls, arcades). Leave blank for all.

## `operator_name` (type: `string`):

Licence account name, e.g. a bookmaker, casino group or lottery society (case-insensitive substring).

## `licence_number` (type: `string`):

e.g. 000-039022-R-319313-011

## `is_active` (type: `boolean`):

Tick for active licences and domains only; untick to include surrendered, revoked, lapsed and inactive rows.

## `status` (type: `string`):

Active, Surrendered, Revoked, Lapsed, … as published.

## `licence_type` (type: `string`):

Remote, Non-Remote, Ancillary Remote.

## `activities` (type: `string`):

e.g. General Betting, Casino, Bingo, Gaming Machine, Lottery, Gambling Software; for premises: Betting, Casino, Bingo, Adult Gaming Centre, Family Entertainment Centre.

## `trading_names` (type: `string`):

Matches the operator's active trading names on licence rows.

## `domain_name` (type: `string`):

Is this website licensed? e.g. example.com (domain rows).

## `local_authority` (type: `string`):

The council, e.g. Leeds City Council (premises rows).

## `city` (type: `string`):

Filter: City contains (case-insensitive substring match).

## `outward_code` (type: `string`):

e.g. LS1, M1, B2 (premises rows).

## `start_date_after` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD

## `end_date_after` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD — recent surrenders, revocations and lapses

## `q` (type: `string`):

Filter: Free-text search (case-insensitive substring match).

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many records (you are charged per result).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "max_results": 1000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per record, as JSON (also downloadable as CSV/Excel from the dataset).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("faceless-api/uk-gambling-commission-licence-register").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("faceless-api/uk-gambling-commission-licence-register").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call faceless-api/uk-gambling-commission-licence-register --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,faceless-api/uk-gambling-commission-licence-register"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/CkRxAYc5FO4mZUb7u/builds/vOI5AJVpetTVbZE6o/openapi.json