Not looking out for customers enough GGPoker has run afoul of the United Kingdom’s gambling regulator. On Wednesday, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) announced that NSUS Limited, which trades as GGPoker, has been fined a hefty £672,829 ($746,340) for both social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. When the UKGC hands out large fines, it is… Read more »
In an effort to make online gambling safer for customers, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced a slew of new restrictions on online slots games. The sum of the measures is to slow down the pace of play and give the player more information so that they understand how much and how fast they… Read more »
FSB Technology, a London-based gaming technology provider, got hit hard by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) on Wednesday. Citing “advertising, money laundering and social responsibility failings,” the UKGC fined FSB £600,000 and is requiring that company fundamentally changes its operations to meet the Commission’s regulations. It was found that between January 2017 and August 2019,… Read more »
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission has fined Ladbrokes Coral Group £5.9 million for failing to protect problem gamblers and for falling short of money laundering prevention standards. In a report posted Wednesday, the Commission posted the results of an investigation that found problems from November 2014 to October 2017; during much of that time, Ladbroke… Read more »
Poker industry veterans Rob Yong and John Duthie launched a new anti-cheating initiative called Fairplay about a week ago, but that site is now down following its possible misuse of a major regulatory body’s logo. The site now just has the old “Coming Soon” message at the top of its homepage. Online and Live Poker… Read more »
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission announced last week that it has levied a hefty £1.6 million fine on Unibet UK’s parent company, Platinum Gaming, for “failing to identify gambling harm and prevent money laundering.” The Commission was tipped off that a customer of Platinum Gaming’s had been convicted of fraud and had been using the… Read more »
