Posts From: March 2025

Football Pools hit with £375,000 penalty for AML failings

Online gambling business, Football Pools Limited, is to pay £375,000 after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The operator, which runs four websites, including footballpools.com, will pay the...

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Britain’s Gambling Commission announces new regulations

New rules increasing the safety and simplicity of consumer promotional offers are to be introduced by the Gambling Commission. Gambling businesses will be banned from offering potentially harmful offers involving...

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London Mayor under pressure to ban gambling ads on TFL network

Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of “backtracking” on his undelivered promise to ban gambling adverts from the London’s Tube network. The mayor pledged in his 2021 re-election manifesto to...

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LeoVegas fined SEK8 million in Sweden over duty of care failings

LeoVegas trading as Roar Vegas has been issued a warning and a SEK8 million penalty fee for failing to fulfil its obligations relating to its duty of care by the Swedish...

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US regulator opens probe Into Robinhood’s sports betting feature

Massachusetts’ top securities regulator has begun an investigation into trading platform Robinhood’s  decision to launch a prediction-markets hub that allows users to bet on the outcomes of a range of events,...

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PlayCity: a new State Agency for Gambling Control has been established in Ukraine

A new state agency “PlayCity” has been created in Ukraine. It will control state policy in the field of gambling and lotteries. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a corresponding resolution....

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UK Gambling Commission fines bookmaker almost £700,000

A land-based gambling business will pay a £686,070 penalty after a Gambling Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) failings. Corbett Bookmakers Limited – which operates 36 premises – will...

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House of Lords vetoes Football Governance Bill

Lord Addington has moved an amendment to insert a new clause Duty to phase-out advertising and sponsorship related to gambling in English Football. The Football Governance Bill had being debated in...

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ACMA blocks two more illegal online gambling websites

The ACMA has requested that Australian internet service providers (ISPs) block more illegal online gambling sites, after investigations found these services to be operating in breach of the Interactive Gambling Act 2001. ...

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Underdog departs New York and agrees $17.5m settlement

One of the leading daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators in the country, Underdog Fantasy announced today it has withdrawn all DFS contests from New York and will pay a fine...

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