ShareGGPoker has been hit with a Ā£672,829 ($761,765) fine by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings.
The market-leading online poker site, NSUS Limited, which trades as GGPoker and operates ggpoker.co.uk, has also received an official warning.
The UKGC, which regulates and licences gambling businesses in the UK, found that GGPoker failed in a number of areas. These include:
- not having appropriate policies, procedures, and controls in place to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing;
- failing to identify customers who may be at risk of experiencing harms associated with gambling;
- failing to interact with customers who may be at risk of experiencing harms associated with gambling;
Among the social responsibility failings, GGPoker āfailed to take all reasonable steps to prevent any marketing material being sent to self-excluded customers when it sent marketing emails to 125 self-excluded customers.ā
In hitting GGPoker with the Ā£672,829 penalty and warning, the UKGC report noted: āThe Licensee co-operated with the Commission throughout the investigation.ā
The UKGC has been busy this year levying fines against gambling operators.
Betway were recently slapped with a Ā£400,000 fine after allowing its logo to be displayed on a Premier League clubās childrenās page. The London-based, iGaming company were found guilty of two breaches of the Social Responsibility Code of Practice (SRCP), related to āmarketing on the childrenās pages of West Ham United Football Clubās website.ā
In March this year, Sky Betting and Gaming, was fined Ā£1.17 million ($1.54 million) by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for sending a Sky Vegas advertising email campaign to susceptible clients.
The same month saw BetVictor hit with a Ā£2 million fine for similar breaches to those of GGPoker, with fairness, money laundering, and social responsibility failures resulting in one of the largest penalties of its kind in 2022.
