Gambling Commission Enforcement Director John Pierce said the regulator will publish a sector risk assessment on money laundering and terrorist financing in July. Speaking at a conference on 10 June, he said compliance had improved but cited continuing gaps in operators’ controls, staff training and checks.
Operators can address control, training and checking gaps before the Commission publishes its assessment.
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The UKGC announced on 1 March 2022 that 888 UK Limited would pay £9.4m following an investigation into social responsibility and money laundering failures. The regulator also issued a warning and required independent audits of the operator, which runs 78 websites.
The UKGC announced on 16 December 2021 that Buzz Group must pay £780,000 following an investigation into social responsibility and money laundering failures. The regulator also issued a formal warning to the buzzbingo.com operator for breaches between October 2019 and December 2020.
Buzz Group Ltd, which operates buzzbingo.com, must pay a £780,000 fine and has received a formal warning from the UKGC, the regulator announced on 16 December 2021. The action followed a Commission investigation that found social responsibility and money laundering failures at the business between October 2019 and December 2020.
The UKGC published findings from its investigation into IMME on 22 December 2021, identifying suitability, social responsibility and money laundering failures. The regulator said it had suspended IMME's operating licence before investigating and found that the business had failed to consider potential vulnerabilities among its predominantly older customers.
The UK Gambling Commission said it will intensify anti-money-laundering supervision and publish a gambling-sector money-laundering and terrorist-financing risk assessment in July. At the Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group conference on 10 June 2026, enforcement director John Pierce also highlighted weaknesses in applying risk procedures and said the Commission expects technology used for compliance to demonstrate its effectiveness.
Participants at INTERPOL’s 16th annual Match-Fixing Task Force meeting in Portugal discussed investigative challenges linked to manipulation in eSports competitions and betting-related fraud. The report also says the UK Gambling Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit received just under 600 reports a year, with total reports of possible sports manipulation and corruption rising 28% between 2024 and 2025; that increase was not specific to eSports.
The 16th annual meeting of INTERPOL's Match-Fixing Task Force is being held in Portugal, where participants discussed the difficulty of investigating manipulation in eSports competitions and fraud linked to betting, according to the meeting's organisers. The gathering brings together law enforcement representatives, sports bodies and private-sector parties working on competition integrity.