The gambling regulator is introducing new financial risk assessments for online customers it identifies as high spenders. Under the planned rule, people who wager more than £1,000 within a 24-hour period will have to undergo an assessment before continuing to bet. The regulator says the checks are designed to identify whether those customers may be experiencing financial difficulty, linking spending activity to risk monitoring. One reported pilot exercise found that the vast majority of individuals who fell above the threshold could be assessed using processes described as “easy” and “frictionless,” suggesting the system can operate without creating major barriers for most users. The new approach is framed as an additional safeguard in the online gambling market, applying specifically to higher levels of spending over a short time window. The regulator has not been described as changing the spending threshold or the general scope of the rule across the sources provided, but it is presented as a move toward more proactive monitoring of potential financial vulnerability among top spenders.