The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has a warning for UK-facing operators doing business in their domain during 2020; brush up on your anti-money laundering rules and regulations. The UKGC issued this thinly veiled threat/warning as part of its end of year message to the public it serves and the industry it watches over. In…
The holiday season can be anything but joyous for anyone with a gambling problem and the people in their lives. Financial and emotional stress are at their peak this time of year and those holiday stress factors can trigger remarkably self-destructive behavior for gambling addicts. No governmental agency on the planet seems more aware of…
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Gambling Related Harm is threatening reforms that will drastically change life for UK online gambling operators. Some of the reforms recently suggested include a £2 stake limit on online slot machines; a reduction in VIP services for big spenders; and a restriction to the use of credit cards to…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has suspended EveryMatrix's gaming license as it investigates the company's current level of compliance with the increasingly strict rules and regulations of operating and serving the UK gambling market. EveryMatrix has not lost its license and company officials are cooperating with the Commission in hopes that they will be back…
Customers looking for a good time recently at 1xBet, a Cyprus-based online casino, found only a sign saying that the operation was closed until further notice. The closure comes after years of skirting the edges of the online gambling business with an operation that was referred to as a PornHub casino by the Times newspaper.…
It's no secret that gambling operators in the UK have been under assault by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) and other forces dead set on resetting the country's gaming culture. While their intentions are good, these do-gooders are taking a major dent out of gambling operator's bottom lines and now they're doing something they hope…
UK gaming operator Ladbrokes Coral recently earned a distinction that they'd likely rather not have even heard about. This week the company was hit with a the largest fine ever issued by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The £5.9 million fine ($7.1 million USD) was issued after what Commission officials have referred to as "systematic…
The Kindred Group is shelling out £1.6 million ($2 million USD) per the orders of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for its role in accepting stolen funds from a problem gambler. It's yet another sign that the UKGC, and other UK regulatory agencies, are dead set on enforcing compliance laws to the letter and have…
The administrative bodies in charge of regulating UK gambling sites and shops are giving themselves a pat on the back this week. In a letter addressed to some of the biggest gambling companies in the United Kingdom, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) and Competitive Markets Authority (CMA) lavished praise on their recent joint efforts to…
LeoVegas is under fire for allegedly sending marketing materials to a problem gambler who was using stolen money to fund gambling sprees and had already been flagged as a potential gambling addict by the company. Is this a case of negligence, or an inevitable result of the complexity of the gaming business and its myriad…
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