Tag Archives: Gambling Commission
UK – Gambling Commission fines Betfred operator £2.9m for social responsibility and AML failures
Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited will pay a £2.87m penalty for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The operator – which runs betfred.com and oddsking.com – will also receive an official warning for failures at the business. AML failures included not fully taking into account the money laundering and terrorist financing (MLTF) risks connected to its business,…
UK – Spreadex to pay £1.36m settlement for social responsibility and AML failures
Spreadex Limited, the operator behind spreadex.com, is to pay £1.36m after a Gambling Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The money will go to socially responsible causes as part of a settlement with the Commission. Social responsibility failures included having financial alerts which were ineffective and allowed customers to lose significant amounts…
UK – Gambling Commission suspends bet-at-home licence
The Gambling Commission has suspended the operating licence of bet-at-home.com Internet Limited as it carries out a review under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005. The review and consequent suspension follows concerns that activities may have been carried out contrary to the Act, not in accordance with conditions of their licence and that the…
UK – Gambling Commission suspends Goldchip licence
The Gambling Commission has suspended the operating licence of Goldchip Limited as it carries out a review. The review under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005 and consequent suspension follows concerns that activities may have been carried out contrary to the Act, not in accordance with conditions of their licence and that the Licensee…
UK – Gambling Commission records fall in problem gambling
New figures released by the Gambling Commission state that the rate of problem gambling has fallen to 0.2 per cent in the year to March 2022. This is down from 0.4 per cent the year previous and down from 0.3 per cent in the last published annualised figures in February 2022. While the rates of…
UK – Gambling Commission names Allwyn Entertainment as preferred applicant for UK lottery
The Gambling Commission has named Allwyn Entertainment as its Preferred Applicant for the fourth National Lottery licence in the UK. The National Lottery is one of the world’s largest lotteries and the current – third – licence is due to expire in 2024. Since launching in 1994, National Lottery players have collectively raised more than…
UK – APBGG slams British Gambling Commission for being ‘industry-funded anti-gambling activist group’
The Parliamentary All Party Betting & Gaming Group has concluded its Investigation into the Competence and Effectiveness into the Gambling Commission. ​The Party stated: “Motivated by the anecdotal evidence the group had heard from operators about the Commission’s alleged poor performance, conscious of their concerns that there was no way to complain about it apart…
UK – Rank Digital and Annexio fined for social responsibility failings
Two online casinos will pay a total of £1.3m after Gambling Commission investigations revealed social responsibility failures at the businesses. Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited – trading as bellacasino.com, grosvenorcasino.com, meccabingo.com and meccagames.com – will pay a £700,557 regulatory settlement for social responsibility failures. Annexio (Jersey) Limited – trading as lottogo.com – will pay £612,000…
GambleAware conference 2021: Andrew Rhodes speech
Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive of the Gambling Commission, delivered a speech at the 2021 GambleAware conference discussing the GC’s role, affordability, and the black market. “Thank you. “First of all, it’s really, really nice to be here and given the last, maybe, two years now, it’s nice to be anywhere, but it is really nice…
