Rank Group Agrees £5 Million UKGC Settlement Over Casino Control Failures
Three Rank Group-owned operators must undergo independent audits after AML and safer-gambling shortcomings at their land-based businesses.
Three Rank Group-owned operators must undergo independent audits after AML and safer-gambling shortcomings at their land-based businesses.
Operators must offer a fixed-period gross deposit cap and give it equal prominence to other financial-limit tools.
Targetlocal can process customer withdrawals, but its remote betting licence remains suspended during a section 116 review.
Former Gambling Commission and GamCare executive will oversee compliance, player protection and regulatory engagement from Sept. 28.
The consumer-protection specialist takes over on 30 September after nearly 20 months of interim leadership.
The regulator wants industry proposals on burdensome requirements, but says active consultations and unevaluated White Paper measures are off limits.
BresBet says it is working through the matter as the commission reviews its licence and that of Bet St George Ltd.
The Labour chair cited allegations linked to Reform-associated figures, but no breach has been established.
The UK regulator said manual deposit-limit checks, slow reviews and weak reporting controls let customers breach intended safeguards across two years of failings.
The Gambling Commission said the Leicester operator had been warned before and later gave misleading information during its inquiry.
Helen Rhodes and Sarah Webster say fuzzy matching and incomplete records can leave customers unmatched, even as most checks are still expected to be frictionless.
A Girona court cleared the initial distribution of about €6 million recovered after British regulators examined gambling firms linked to Iban Juvanteny Gómez’s betting.
Isle of Man firm was recognised for audits and reviews that test compliance controls in practice
The regulator said five genuine Evolution games appeared on six unlicensed sites run by two operators, and that the case was serious enough to raise the prospect of suspension.
The company said six unlicensed sites run by two operators had carried its games to British gamblers, but it said the review found no wider pattern.
The Gambling Commission said some customers showing harm indicators were not contacted quickly enough.
Tiger Temple 88 clocked a 1.97-second spin interval against the 2.5-second minimum, and a broader review identified 15 more games that fell short
Trial program launched last month is first of its kind among “high street” banks in the UK and complements a gambling freeze feature Lloyds launched in 2019.
The health service says it will no longer work with responsible gaming charities funded by the gambling industry.
Responsible gaming charity asks Gambling Commission to establish if gambling companies have broken the law.