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UKGC: Licence Suspension and £3.8M Fine for Genesis Global Limited

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January 28, 2022

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Britain’s gambling industry is being warned that the Commission “will use all tools at its disposal to ensure consumer safety” following enforcement action involving suspending an online casino from operating and then fining it £3.8m. Genesis Global Limited – which runs 14 websites including genesiscasino.com, casinoplanet.com and casinocruise.com – has also been given a…

UKGC Issues Fines to Two Operators over Social Responsibility Breaches

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January 21, 2022

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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued fines to two gaming companies that have breached social responsibility protocols. Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited – trading as bellacasino.com, grosvenorcasino.com, meccabingo.com and meccagames.com – will have to pay £700,557 for social responsibility failures. Annexio (Jersey) Limited – trading as lottogo.com – will have to pay £612,000…

UKGC Imposes £780,000 Fine on Buzz Group

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December 17, 2021

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Buzz Group, which operates buzzbingo.com, has been fined £780,000 by the UK Gambling Commission for failures relating to social responsibility and anti-money laundering procedures. Buzz Group also received a formal warning for the failures which occurred between October 2019 and December 2020. Social responsibility failures included: financial triggers not sufficiently identifying at-risk players as…

UKGC Imposes £450,000 Fine on VGC Leeds Limited

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October 14, 2021

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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced that it has fined VGC Leeds Limited, the company that runs Victoria Gate Casino, a total of £450,000 following an investigation that revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures at the casino. Helen Venn, Executive Director of UKGC, said: “These failings were identified as part of our…

UKGC Imposes £5.85M Fine on Daub Alderney

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September 2, 2021

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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has imposed a fine of £5.85m ($8.05m) on Rank Group subsidiary Daub Alderney for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. Three customers were allowed to deposit and lose amounts of over £40,000 each. The first customer was allowed to lose £43,410 in four months despite showing gambling addiction signs,…

UK Gambling Commission Revokes Park Lane Casino Operator’s Licence

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November 6, 2020

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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revoked the operating licence of Silverbond Enterprises Ltd which runs Park Lane Casino. The decision was made because there was a change in corporate control at the operator and the Commission is not satisfied that it would have granted the operating licence to the Licensee had the new…