The Gambling Commission fined Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited £240,000 after finding that features in its online slots breached Remote Technical Standards. The games failed to display players’ net positions and presented losing outcomes as wins; Petfre removed the affected games, the commission said.
The ruling sets out compliance requirements for operators’ slot-session displays and celebratory effects.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taichi Tech Limited, Fafabet | GBP 170,000 | UKGC fines Fafabet £170,000 over unfair terms and compliance failures | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | UK Gambling Commission brings election betting charges against 15 people | Not stated | |
| Football Pools Limited | GBP 375,000 | UKGC agrees £375,000 settlement with Football Pools over AML and safer gambling | Not stated | |
| Corbett Bookmakers | GBP 686,070 | UKGC fines Corbett Bookmakers £686,070 for AML and safer gambling failures | Not stated | |
| Merkur Slots | GBP 95,450 | UK Gambling Commission fines Merkur Slots £95,450 over customer interaction failures | Not stated |
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The Gambling Commission said it removed 3,038,969 URLs in the first six months of the 2026/27 financial year, after reporting 266,667 removals in the previous full year. Interim chief executive Sarah Gardner said the authority had also sent 1,005 cease-and-desist notices between April and September 2026 and presented survey results showing 4% of online gamblers, excluding National Lottery players, had used unauthorised sites in the 12 months before April 2026.
The UKGC had 3,038,969 URLs removed in the first six months of the 2026/27 financial year, according to interim chief executive Sarah Gardner. Gardner presented the results at the CEO Briefing on 5 November 2026. In the same period 7,824,932 URLs were reported to search engines. In the previous financial year 397,527 URLs were reported and 266,667 were removed.
The UK Gambling Commission referred 7.7 million URLs linked to illegal gambling to search engines between July and September 2026. It said 3,019,291 URLs were removed and 1,835 websites were referred for delisting; the Commission also reported 311 website disruptions in Q2 of 2026-27.
Three former Conservative Party representatives were sentenced after using advance knowledge of the 2024 UK General Election date to place bets, according to the report. The Gambling Commission said the case was the start of further enforcement action related to the betting scandal.
Three people received sentences in the UK over a betting case linked to the 2024 general election, according to the feed snippet. The Gambling Commission described the case as the first of its kind.
Southwark Crown Court sentenced Anthony Lee, Laura Lee and Amy Hind on 23 October 2026 for cheating offences under section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005 over bets on the date of the 2024 General Election, the Gambling Commission said. Each received a suspended custodial term, unpaid work and a 12-month ban on using online gambling applications. Anthony Lee and Laura Lee must each pay £1,000 in prosecution costs.
Southwark Crown Court sentenced Anthony Lee, Laura Lee and Amy Hind on 23 October 2026 for cheating offences under section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005, the Gambling Commission said. All three had previously pleaded guilty. Each received a suspended custodial sentence, unpaid work and a 12-month prohibition on using online gambling applications.