If you have read many of the other blog posts regarding fines and social responsibility failings on this website, you will have hopefully seen that I try to be quite understanding to operators who fall foul of the UKGC. They are often trying to keep up with ever changing, and sometimes vague rule changes, and…
Full disclosure from the start here, this blog post is a bit of fun. It does demonstrate how easy it is to fall foul of the very strict gambling regulations in this country, even unintentionally, but mostly, it’s just a chance to have a bit of a laugh at the regulator’s expense. Bookies are fined…
Rumours are floating around the industry about the potential sale of Irelands biggest independent bookmaker, Boylesports. Obviously at this point in time everything is still very hush hush, but Entain are reportedly an interested party. Entain themselves were the target of a failed take over bid by MGM last year, followed by another by DraftKings; but…
The UKGC are really on one at the moment aren’t they. Just a month after issuing a record breaking fine to gambling giant Entain, they have given the UK’s largest independent bookmaker, Betfred, a £2.9 million slap around the chops. The fine comes after examples were found of social responsibility failures, plus failings with anti…
Big companies love breaking records, but Entain probably won’t be so thrilled about this one. We are calling it a fine, although technically it isn’t one, since the figure was agreed on after discussions between the UKGC and Entain rather than being dictated to them – but for all intents and purposes it amounts to…
It’s all relative isn’t it, so while the figure might not seem significant next to the £9.4 million smack round the chops that 888 received back in March, for a smaller company it’s going to hurt. Especially coming now, just after the pandemic decimated the sports betting industry, leaving Smarkets with a loss of over…
