What the rule says
The Gambling Commission announced the Great Britain ban on 14 April 2020. UKGC-regulated operators must not accept credit-card payments for gambling. The rule also covers credit-card funds routed through money-service businesses such as e-wallets where those funds could then be used to gamble. Providers must prevent the credit-card route from being used for gambling payments.
The restriction is not a blanket statement about every card payment. A debit card is not a credit card, but the bank or operator may still decline a debit transaction or impose its own controls. A wallet balance can also have more than one funding source, so do not assume a wallet payment is eligible simply because no card number appears in the gambling cashier.
What to do if a payment is blocked
Read the bank or wallet message and ask the provider which funding source or category caused the decline. Do not try to bypass a gambling block by using another person’s account, cash advance or wallet. If the transaction was not authorised by you, contact your bank’s fraud or dispute team promptly.
The ban is part of Great Britain’s consumer-protection framework for gambling with borrowed money. It does not guarantee that another method will be accepted or that a gambling payment will be refunded. For method-specific checks, see payment methods and e-wallets.