UKGC fines: every penalty against casino & betting companies
The Gambling Commission has 46 actions against casino and betting companies on record in our data (2017–2026), of which 42 fines totalling £164 million. The largest fine is GBP 19,200,000 against WHG (International) Ltd, Mr Green Ltd, William Hill Organization Ltd (2023). The most-fined owner group is Flutter Entertainment plc, with 4 fines totalling £5.9 million. The other 4 actions carry no published fine amount: 3 licence suspensions or revocations and 1 other action.
46
actions on record
42
monetary fines
£164 million
fined in total
4
actions without a fine amount
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Every action by UKGC (46)
Newest first. Amounts in the original currency. "No fine" rows are actions without a money penalty (for example a cease-and-desist letter or a warning). Each row links to the regulator's own notice. The owner group is the group that owns the fined company today, except for fines from before a takeover, which stay with the company that was fined.
| Date | Company fined | Owner group | Amount | Reason | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited | QuinnBet | GBP 609,104 | Regulatory failures (see UKGC notice). | source |
| 2026-07-23 | Evolution Malta Holding Limited | Evolution AB | GBP 4,750,000 | Regulatory action against a B2B live-casino supplier (details in UKGC notice). | source |
| 2026-06-30 | Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited | Betfred Group | GBP 900,000 | Further regulatory failures (details in UKGC notice). | source |
| 2025-12-17 | Paddy Power / Betfair (PPB) | Flutter Entertainment plc | GBP 2,000,000 | About £2m for failing to spot signs of gambling harm quickly enough (amount approximate as reported). | source |
| 2025-11-20 | Videoslots Limited | Immense Group (formerly Videoslots) | GBP 650,000 | AML and social responsibility failures; monitoring did not catch at-risk customers using digital card/payment schemes. | source |
| 2025-11-05 | NetBet Enterprises Limited | NetBet (NetBet Enterprises Ltd) | GBP 650,000 | Regulatory failures (repeat case after 2020). | source |
| 2025-10-22 | Platinum Gaming Limited (unibet.co.uk, uk.bingo.com) | FDJ United | GBP 10,000,000 | Repeat AML and social responsibility failures (second action after 2023), with a required independent audit. | source |
| 2025-05-15 | Spreadex Limited | Spreadex Ltd | GBP 2,000,000 | AML and social responsibility failures (repeat case after 2022). | source |
| 2025-05-09 | ProgressPlay Limited | ProgressPlay | GBP 1,000,000 | Financial penalty, warning and mandatory third-party audit for AML failures and poor customer-interaction checks; its second UK sanction. | source |
| 2025-03-04 | AG Communications Limited (58 websites) | Aristocrat Leisure Limited | GBP 1,407,834 Settlement | Regulatory settlement for social responsibility/AML failures across many white-label sites; money to socially responsible causes. | source |
| 2025-02 | TGP Europe (Stake UK white label) | Easygo (Stake / Kick) | no fine Other action | After a UKGC probe into an unofficial advert, the UK licensee TGP Europe agreed to close the Stake UK site (Feb 2025). | source |
| 2025-01-09 | Greentube Alderney Limited (Admiral Casino) | Novomatic AG | GBP 1,000,000 Settlement | Second regulatory settlement for compliance failures; money paid to socially responsible causes. | source |
| 2024-04-04 | Hillside (UK Sports) ENC and Hillside (UK Gaming) ENC | bet365 Group | GBP 582,120 | AML and social-responsibility failures found in 2022 compliance check. | source |
| 2024-01-10 | Gamesys Operations Limited | Bally's Corporation | GBP 6,000,000 | Social-responsibility and anti-money-laundering failures (Nov 2021-Jul 2022), including weak automated affordability and harm checks. Imposed while Gamesys belonged to Bally's Corporation, before it moved into Bally's Intralot. | source |
| 2023-09-20 | Lindar Media Limited | Lindar Media Limited | GBP 690,947 | Social responsibility and AML failures. | source |
| 2023-09-01 | In Touch Games Limited | Skywind Group | no fine Licence action | Operating licences suspended. | source |
| 2023-06-15 | Videoslots Limited | Immense Group (formerly Videoslots) | GBP 2,000,000 | Social responsibility and AML failures. | source |
| 2023-05-25 | PPB Counterparty Services (Paddy Power) | Flutter Entertainment plc | GBP 490,000 | Sent marketing to self-excluded or vulnerable consumers. | source |
| 2023-05-23 | Skill On Net Limited | SkillOnNet | GBP 305,150 | Payment in lieu of a penalty for anti-money-laundering and safer-gambling failures in 2021-2022, e.g. relying on customers' own source-of-funds statements and letting players exceed the firm's own £2,000 unverified-deposit limit. | source |
| 2023-03-28 | WHG (International) Ltd, Mr Green Ltd, William Hill Organization Ltd | evoke plc | GBP 19,200,000 | Largest UKGC penalty to date: social-responsibility and AML failures (£12.5m WHG International, £3.7m Mr Green, £3m retail). Conduct pre-dated 888 ownership. | source |
| 2023-03-23 | 32Red Limited | Kindred Group plc before the FDJ United takeover | GBP 4,195,655 | Social-responsibility and AML failings; official warning. (Before the current parent owned it. FDJ United bought Kindred in October 2024.) | source |
| 2023-03-23 | Platinum Gaming Limited (Unibet UK) | Kindred Group plc before the FDJ United takeover | GBP 2,937,599 | Self-excluded players able to gamble; social-responsibility and AML failings. (Before the current parent owned it. FDJ United bought Kindred in October 2024.) | source |
| 2023-01-25 | In Touch Games Limited | Skywind Group | GBP 6,100,000 | Social responsibility and AML failures at an online slots operator (repeat case). | source |
| 2022-09-28 | Petfre (Gibraltar) Ltd (Betfred, OddsKing) | Betfred Group | GBP 2,900,000 | Social responsibility and AML failures. | source |
| 2022-09-12 | Betway Limited | Super Group (SGHC) | GBP 408,915 | Ads on children's pages of West Ham United's website. | source |
| 2022-08-03 | LeoVegas Gaming PLC | MGM Resorts International | GBP 1,320,000 | Social-responsibility and AML failures; official warning. | source |
| 2022-08 | LC International Ltd and Ladbrokes Betting & Gaming (retail) | Entain plc | GBP 17,000,000 Settlement | Record (at the time) settlement for social-responsibility and AML failures: ~£14m online, ~£3m retail. | source |
| 2022-05-17 | Jumpman Gaming Limited | Jumpman Gaming | GBP 500,000 | Payment in lieu of a penalty (plus £13,594 costs) for AML failures and social-responsibility lapses; one player lost over £15,000 in under a month without checks, and self-excluded players opened accounts on sister sites. | source |
| 2022-05-17 | ProgressPlay Limited | ProgressPlay | GBP 175,000 | Social responsibility and AML failures (joint GBP 675k announcement with Jumpman Gaming). | source |
| 2022-03-09 | Bonne Terre Limited (Sky Betting & Gaming) | Flutter Entertainment plc | GBP 1,170,000 | Marketing emails sent to self-excluded and unsubscribed customers. | source |
| 2022-03-01 | 888 UK Limited | evoke plc | GBP 9,400,000 | Social-responsibility and AML failures; official warning and audit. | source |
| 2022-02-24 | BetVictor Limited (headline: 'Online gambling business faces £2m regulatory action') | BetVictor | GBP 2,000,000 | Fairness and social responsibility failures (operator identity from secondary list). | source |
| 2022-01-27 | Genesis Global Limited | Genesis Global | GBP 3,800,000 | Licence suspension plus fine for social responsibility failures at an online casino operator. | source |
| 2022-01-20 | Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited | Guoco Group Limited | GBP 700,557 | Social responsibility failures (amount from secondary list). | source |
| 2021-09-01 | Daub Alderney Limited | Guoco Group Limited | GBP 5,850,000 | Penalty and formal warning for repeat AML and social-responsibility failures (Jan 2019 - Mar 2020); appeal dismissed by tribunal in 2022. | source |
| 2021-04-27 | Nektan (Gibraltar) Limited | Nektan | no fine Licence action | Interim suspension of the operating licence during a review into suspected licence breaches and suitability. | source |
| 2021-03-25 | Casumo Services Limited | Casumo | GBP 6,000,000 | Social-responsibility and AML failures; official warning. | source |
| 2021-03-17 | In Touch Games Limited | Skywind Group | GBP 3,400,000 | Social responsibility, AML and marketing failures. | source |
| 2021-01-28 | White Hat Gaming Limited (21casino, Dreamvegas, Hellocasino, Grandivy) | White Hat Gaming | GBP 1,334,053 | Failed to check source of funds and protect at-risk customers between 2016 and 2019. | source |
| 2020-07-20 | Genesis Global Limited | Genesis Global | no fine Licence action | UK licence suspended pending a section 116 review into possible licence breaches (later reinstated before the firm left the UK). | source |
| 2020-03-12 | Betway Limited | Super Group (SGHC) | GBP 11,600,000 | AML and social-responsibility failures with VIP customers (£5.8m penalty + £5.8m returned). | source |
| 2019 | Ladbrokes Coral Group | Entain plc | GBP 5,900,000 | Earlier social-responsibility penalty package for Ladbrokes and Coral. | source |
| 2018-11-29 | Casumo Services Limited | Casumo | GBP 5,850,000 | Financial penalty after a licence review: social-responsibility and anti-money-laundering failures; additional licence conditions. | source |
| 2018-11 | Daub Alderney Limited | Daub Alderney before the Guoco Group Limited takeover | GBP 7,100,000 | Penalty for AML and social-responsibility failures. (Before Rank Group bought Daub Alderney (October 2019); the company was then owned by Stride Gaming.) | source |
| 2018-10 | Paddy Power Betfair | Flutter Entertainment plc | GBP 2,200,000 | Customer-interaction and AML failures; stolen money gambled on Betfair exchange. | source |
| 2017 | 888 UK Limited | evoke plc | GBP 7,800,000 | Earlier penalty package for failing vulnerable/self-excluded customers. | source |
UKGC actions by year
| Year | Actions | Monetary fines | Total fined |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | £6.3 million |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 | £18.7 million |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | £6.6 million |
| 2023 | 9 | 8 | £35.9 million |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 | £39.4 million |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | £16.6 million |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | £11.6 million |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | £5.9 million |
| 2018 | 3 | 3 | £15.2 million |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | £7.8 million |
Fines by owner group
| Owner group | Fines | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Flutter Entertainment plc | 4 | £5.9 million |
| evoke plc | 3 | £36.4 million |
| Entain plc | 2 | £22.9 million |
| Super Group (SGHC) | 2 | £12 million |
| Casumo | 2 | £11.9 million |
| Skywind Group | 2 +1 other | £9.5 million |
| Kindred Group plc | 2 | £7.1 million |
| Guoco Group Limited | 2 | £6.6 million |
| Betfred Group | 2 | £3.8 million |
| Immense Group (formerly Videoslots) | 2 | £2.7 million |
| ProgressPlay | 2 | £1.2 million |
| FDJ United | 1 | £10 million |
| Daub Alderney | 1 | £7.1 million |
| Bally's Corporation | 1 | £6 million |
| Evolution AB | 1 | £4.8 million |
Fines by other regulators
Data checked 19 Oct 2026. How we check facts.