Western Europe

  The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has imposed a fine of £322,000 on online gambling operator Petfre, trading as Betfred, for money laundering failures. An investigation by the Gambling Commission revealed that the operator failed to carry out adequate source of funds checks on a customer who deposited £210,000, and lost £140,000, of stolen money…

  The ASA has banned an ad of the online casino Casumo after it targeted the customers who googled “How to unsubscribe from all gambling.” The ASA said it considered anyone searching “how to unsubscribe from all gambling” was looking for ways to reduce their access to gambling. “We considered such consumers would be likely…

  Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has sanctioned the online casino brand 32Red for violating gambling advertising code. A Google search ad of 32RED popped up when the term “Jack and the Beanstalk” was in the search bar. This raised concern that gambling ads are targeting children and minors. The gambling operator said that it was…

  Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned the adverts from BetIndex and Coral for being socially irresponsible and encouraging potentially harmful behaviour. A BetIndex video on YouTube featured a representative of The Football Index product describing it as “basically the football stock market, where you buy and sell shares in footballers with real money and…

  The Football Association has imposed a fine of £50,000 on Huddersfield Town Association Football Club for an oversized sponsorship logo on their kit for pre-season match. In July, Huddersfield Town announced a deal with Paddy Power, apparently the operator’s first shirt sponsorship agreement in the UK. A kit purporting to be Huddersfield’s first team…