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…
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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…