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| Published On Jan 23, 2022 2:11 am CET | By Peter Siu

UK Gambling Commission Fines Two Online Casinos with £1.7 Million

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The UK Gambling Commission has announced it fined two online casinos will for a total of £1.3 million ($1.7 million) for failure to meet social responsibility regulations.

Rank Digital Gaming (Alderney) Limited, with brands bellacasino.com, grosvenorcasino.com, meccabingo.com and meccagames.com, received a penalty of £700,557 ($955,810).

Meanwhile, Annexio (Jersey) Limited, known for lottogo.com will need to pay a £612,000 ($834,990) fine for both social responsibility and money laundering failures.

The fines paid by both businesses will go to the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms.

Helen Venn, Gambling Commission Executive Director, said

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“We expect high standards from operators to ensure gambling in Britain is safe and crime-free. Those businesses that fail to meet these standards will find themselves facing costly regulatory action.”

Peter Siu

Peter is a former poker-pro, turned crypto enthusiast with 8+ years’ experience in operational roles dealing with all online gaming verticals within large iGaming companies, including Flutter and Entain. Now an expert in the field of Sports Betting, Casino, iGaming, and Poker, he is our team leader and editor. When not working, Peter can be found in the gym or playing sports like football, tennis and more recently padel.

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