We review the UK Gambling Commission fines in 2025. £7.5M+ in fines issued to operators for AML failures, unfair terms & compliance breaches.
The UK Gambling Commission has continued its robust enforcement approach throughout 2025, issuing fines of over £7.5 million to operators for various compliance failures.
From technical standards breaches and anti-money laundering deficiencies to unfair terms and social responsibility failings, the regulator has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to maintaining industry standards.
Beyond financial penalties, the UKGC has also pursued sports integrity violations and criminal prosecutions, including high-profile cases involving election betting and match-fixing across multiple sports.
This comprehensive enforcement activity reflects the Commission’s multi-faceted regulatory approach spanning operator compliance, consumer protection, and sports integrity.
Why the fines?
Operators well-known in the UK market are not cheating players, but rather not implementing checks to prevent players from over-gambling. Although it’s not a great look for an operator to be fined and hit the new headlines, most players are unaware of which casino brands operators are connected to.
To keep your minds and rest, the games at these casinos are fair, and should an online casino be caught cheating players, then it would likely not result in a fine and rather the licence would be revoked and the operator forced to pay back players through legal action.
Source: We found all the information reported in this new piece on the UKGC Enforcement Action Page. Due to the UKGC’s transaparceny, it is available to public online and dates back several years.
Financial Penalties Issued in 2025
The UKGC issued fines totaling £7,516,520 across eleven operators throughout 2025, with penalties ranging from £95,450 to £2 million. These enforcement actions targeted a wide spectrum of violations, including technical standards breaches, anti-money laundering failures, unfair consumer terms, and inadequate player protection measures. The fines spanned both online and land-based operators, demonstrating the regulator’s comprehensive oversight across all gambling sectors.
- Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited -October 2025: Fined £240,000 for breaching Remote Technical Standards after slot games failed to show customers their net positions and celebrated losses as wins. The operator of Betfred.com and Oddsking.com displayed misleading game outcomes that could encourage continued play based on false impressions of success.
- Maple International Ventures Limited – September 2025: Faced £360,000 in regulatory action for failings in social responsibility and anti-money laundering compliance. The operator of Lottomart.com was required to make payments to socially responsible causes as part of the settlement for inadequate customer protection measures.
- ProgressPlay Limited – August 2025: Penalized £1,000,000 for compliance failings relating to player protection and operational standards across its white-label casino brands. The substantial seven-figure fine reflected serious deficiencies in the operator’s systems and controls for protecting vulnerable customers.
- Taichi Tech Limited – July 2025: Fined £170,000 for implementing unfair terms and conditions that disadvantaged consumers. The operator’s contract terms were found to exploit customers and fail to meet the UKGC’s requirements for fair and transparent business practices.
- Spreadex Limited – May 2025: Hit with a £2,000,000 fine, one of the largest penalties of 2025, for significant deficiencies in compliance procedures. The online operator, which provides sports betting and financial spread betting services, demonstrated systematic failures in its regulatory obligations.
- TGP Europe – May 2025: Voluntarily withdrew from the GB market following a UKGC investigation. Rather than face formal enforcement action, the operator chose to exit the market entirely, representing a significant regulatory outcome.
- Football Pools Limited – March 2025: Faced £375,000 in regulatory action for compliance failures. The historic betting operator demonstrated that even established businesses with long trading histories must maintain current compliance standards.
- Corbett Bookmakers Limited – March 2025: The land-based bookmaker was fined £686,070 for compliance breaches. This penalty showed that enforcement extends across both online and retail gambling operations with equal rigor.
- AG Communications Limited – March 2025: Required to pay £1,400,000 for regulatory failures, one of the largest penalties issued in early 2025. The company has faced previous regulatory action, indicating persistent compliance challenges that the UKGC deemed required a substantial financial penalty.
- Merkur Slots UK Limited – February 2025: The land-based slots operator was fined £95,450 for regulatory breaches. This demonstrated the UKGC’s oversight extends to high street gambling premises and physical slot machine operations.
- Greentube Alderney Limited – January 2025: The online gaming software provider was penalized £1,000,000 for regulatory failures related to its operations in the GB market. Starting the year with significant enforcement, this case highlighted that technology providers face the same scrutiny as operators.
Other Enforcement Actions in 2025
Beyond financial penalties, the UKGC pursued extensive enforcement across sports integrity and criminal prosecutions throughout 2025. In sports, six basketball players were sanctioned in June for breaches of betting integrity rules, while four table tennis players were suspended in March for match-fixing offenses. Darts saw particularly severe sanctions, with Andy Jenkins receiving an 11-year ban in April for integrity breaches, and another unnamed player handed an eight-year ban in March following a match-fixing investigation.
Criminal proceedings were also prominent, most notably with 15 individuals charged in April with betting offences related to the General Election. By June, fifteen individuals had appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on charges of cheating. Multiple arrests were made throughout the year for suspected cheating offences, including incidents in September and January, plus an illegal gambling prosecution in March.
The Commission also issued an industry warning notice in April regarding regulatory returns submissions, emphasizing the breadth of its regulatory oversight
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