Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month to face extra checks

The new checks will come in from 30 August, and the threshold for losses will fall to £150 a month in February next year. Photograph: Maddie Red Photography/Alamy

Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month are to face extra checks from August, the regulator has confirmed, as part of a large package of measures aimed at protecting the most vulnerable customers.

The extra checks come in from 30 August, and the threshold for qualifying will fall to £150 of online betting losses a month from 28 February next year, the Gambling Commission said.