Posts From: February 2020

Mr Green to pay £3m UKGC fine for AML and regulatory failings

Mr Green is to pay £3m as part of the Gambling Commission’s targeted investigation into online casinos. Mr Green is the ninth gambling business to face action as part of a...

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EGBA react to Germany’s New Gambling Regulations

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has outlined several recommendations aimed at improving the proposals for a Third State Treaty on gambling, ahead of a stakeholder meeting organised by...

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Ladbrokes and Neds fined by New South Wales gaming commission

In the biggest ever fine of its kind in NSW, Ladbrokes and Neds were yesterday convicted and ordered to pay a total of $207,500 for offering illegal gambling inducements to...

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MGA issues €2.3m fine to Blackrock media

Blackrock Media Limited has paid a total financial penalty of €2.34 million to the Malta Gaming Authority for operating a gaming service through a Maltese legal entity without being in...

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KSA issues €3.5m worth of fines in 2019

The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) imposed fines of 3.5 million euros in 2019. Ten administrative fines were imposed in connection with the offering of online games of chance to Dutch...

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Befred fined £322,000 for money laundering failures

Betfred will pay £322,000 for money laundering failures. Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited, trading as Betfred, will make the payment following an investigation by the UK Gambling Commission. The investigation revealed the...

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Dutch regulator fines PokerStars €400000

The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) has imposed a fine of 400,000 euros on TSG Interactive Gaming Europe Limited T/A PokerStars for offering the possibility of playing poker on the pokerstars.eu...

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Silverbond Enterprises fined £1.8m

A land-based casino has received a £1.8m fine, an operator licence warning and had additional conditions added to its licence for social responsibility and money laundering failings. Silverbond Enterprises Limited...

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1xBet Dropped by Liverpool FC over gambling regulation breaches

Liverpool FC has revealed that it has cut all of its ties with its former sponsor 1xBet. The announcement comes weeks after the Russian-based gaming and betting operator’s UK-facing website...

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Swedish Gambling Regulator fines four operators

The Swedish Gaming Inspectorate ( Spelinspektionen  ) has issued four fines totalling SEK20.1m. The Gaming Inspectorate found in its supervision that four licensees have violated the legislation. According to the...

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