New Year, New Threats: iGaming And The AI Arms Race
It was nearing the end of the year when Mickey Carol, a science and tech reporter for Britain’s Sky News, received an…
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Only When I Larf, Flutter Entertainment Sent To The Back Of The Class For A Lesson And A Half
Flutter Entertainment, the owner of Paddy Power Betfair, has been fined £2 million (US$2.66m) by the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission for Social…
“Turkeys” Vote For Christmas: In Major Budget PR Coup iGaming Tackles Child Poverty Turns Tables On Critics
In a day of high dudgeon, if not high treason, featuring a chaotic pre-Autumn Budget leak and red faces from the Treasury…
Gambling Commission: Videoslots Limited Fined £650,000 for Regulatory Failures
Mr Vegas parent Videoslots Limited has been ordered to pay £650,000 (US$852,580) following a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) investigation that identified shortcomings…
It’s All Greek For Former Russia-Linked UK National Lottery Owner Allwyn
The news that Allwyn and its Greek subsidiary OPAP are merging in a €16 billion marriage à la mode has returned the…
Shot Dreams, British Basketball Match-Fixing Slam-Dunked by Gaming Commission
Five British basketball players have been hit with worldwide bans for match-fixing following a major investigation by the sport’s governing bodies, supported…
Andy Jenkins Receives 11-Year Ban for Match Fixing Offences
Darts player Andy Jenkins has received an 11-year suspension from all events governed by the Darts Regulation Authority (DRA), alongside a fine…
Shoot-out At The iCasino Fantasy Factory, Crypto Becoming The Real Deal With US$80 Billion GGR
Like it or not, it seems that controversial crypto gambling sites–much like prediction markets–are becoming the future of iGaming. According to latest…
UKGC Calls Corbett’s Telephone Credit Number, Imposes Hefty AML Fine
Leading North of England Corbett Bookmakers has been fined a swingeing £686,070 by the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission (UKGC) for serious social…
Check It Out, UK National Lottery Gets Controversial Supermarket Revamp
The UK National Lottery is undergoing a high-tech transformation, with operator Allwyn rolling-out two new supermarket initiatives designed to modernise and boost…
OPEN BOOK: Gambling Addiction, What Debt Do We Owe?
In the summer of 2021, Luke Ashton, a husband and father-of-two from Leicester, England, took his own life, writes Grace Graham-Taylor. Unbeknown…
UK Gambling Commission’s Financial Risk Assessments Pilot: A Personal Perspective from Sam McKnight
As Head of Compliance at Fitzdares, I’ve been closely following the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) latest pilot on financial risk assessments. This…
OPEN BOOK: How China Triads Are Fuelling A Global Tsunami of Illicit Gambling and Money Laundering
As a business which by its very nature deals in sudden windfalls, gambling of all stripes, has long presented a near-perfect disguise…
Down The Greentube: Admiral iCasino Torpedoed By £1m AML Fine
Greentube, the Novomatic-owned iGaming division, has been fined £1 million for serious social responsibility and anti-money laundering regulatory failures. Trading as Admiral…
Porn-u-Like, UKGC May Pay £200m To Settle National Lottery Legal Dispute
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) may pay up to £200 million (US$255.59m) to former porn king Richard Desmond to settle an ongoing…
Throw That Man A Bone, Gambling Commission Grill Dowden Over Betting Scandal
Newly-knighted former deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden, late of this parish, has been hauled in for questioning by the UK Gambling Commission…
Regulatory Audits in Compliance: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
After recently working with a clutch of different operators and businesses within the gaming industry and financial services, I can safely say…
And Then There Were 15, Shuffling The Pack Labour Appoints Lisa Nandy New Gambling Overlord
It may have been a decisive, stonking, victory for Britain’s Labour Party but for the nation’s unsettled betting industry, victim of stop-start…
Playing Russian Roulette, Allwyn Rolls Over UK Lottery
At the end of this month, some two-years after first facing accusations of being a business lackey of Vladimir Putin, the billionaire…
From Russia With Love: UK Lottery Operator Allwyn Borrowed Millions From Kremlin Banks
So all those rumours about the UK National Lottery’s then-wannabe operator, Allwyn, having a Russia financial connection were right all along, it’s…
Gamesys Sanctioned £6 Million By UKGC For Safe Gambling, AML Breaches
Gamesys Operations Limited, operator of 16 well known iGaming websites, has been sanctioned £6 million (US$7.63m) by the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission…
Fight To Run UK Lotto Ain’t Over Until The ex-Porn King Sings
Czech mate. Anyone who thinks that the long running chess game over the fate of the UK Lottery has finally been settled…
With Chickens Coming Home To Roost, Entain Expects To Get A Roasting For Turkey
UK gambling giant Entain–owners of Ladbrokes Coral, bwin, PartyPoker, et al–is facing a mega multi-million pounds fine for historic bribery and financial…
The Big Fade, White Paper Lands With A Flutter
In the end the White Paper hit with something of an anti-climax, perhaps representative of the measured, collegiate, head-boy style of Number…
Godzilla v. King Kong, Big Beasts Dugher and Lawson Face Off In The iGaming Jungle
Godzilla versus King Kong, there’s a metaphorical 500lb gorilla in the iGaming jungle. “Lots of hysterical nonsense is claimed about betting &…
Look! But Don’t Intouch Games; Fined £6.1m for Money Laundering Breaches
Three time loser Intouch Games has been fined a swingeing £6.1 million (US$7.54m/€6.91m) by the UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission (UKGC) for serious…
With £2.87m Fine, UKGC Brings Down Money Laundering Boom on Big Beast Betfred
In growing indication that Britain’s betting industry is perhaps capable of policing itself, the regulatory UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has brought the…
Camelot Flickers Back to Life, Legal Ruling Gives UK Lottery Operator Fresh Hope
During its 28-years sitting astride the UK National Lottery, the operator Camelot has seen off five prime ministers, de-flowered Sir Richard Branson’s…
Someone’s Left the Cake Out in the Rain, Camelot Will Never Get The Recipe Again
In this world of luck, of ever-changing pronouns and mixed metaphors, “It Could Be You!” But, as Camelot, the improbable host of…
Down to the Last Draw, There Will Always Be A Camelot
If the UK’s current—and hitherto only—lottery operator gets its way, there will always be a Camelot. Blown away by the surprise March…
Andrew Rhodes Confirmed as Permanent Chief Executive of UK Gambling Commission
The Gambling Commission has announced that Interim Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis. Andrew…