Playbook Gaming surrendered several UK licences after a £250,000 penalty, according to reports. The business declined to renew the licences with the Gambling Commission as it shifted towards a pure B2B model.
The surrender removes Playbook Gaming’s licences while the company shifts towards a B2B business model.
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Evolution Malta Holding Limited will pay £4.75 million after the Gambling Commission found its games were available on six unlicensed websites accessible in Great Britain. The investigation identified weaknesses in its money laundering risk assessment, supply-chain controls and customer due diligence.
Evolution Malta Holding Limited will pay a £4.75m settlement after a Gambling Commission investigation found its games were available on six unlicensed websites accessible to consumers in Great Britain, according to a Commission public statement published on 23 July 2026. The Commission said the case exposed failings serious enough for it to consider licence suspension.
The Gambling Commission supported South Yorkshire Police operations in Sheffield and Doncaster on 4 and 5 August. Officers found 16 illegal betting terminals, cash and gold, and arrested three people; the action involved several regional and local partners.
According to the regulator's notice, the Gambling Commission backed a joint police effort in Sheffield and Doncaster aimed at unlawful betting and suspected organised crime. The activity took place on 4 and 5 August under Operation Duxford and Operation Snaresbrook.
UKGC reported that police arrested two people on suspicion of gambling offences in Bristol and subsequently released both on bail. Harbourside officers searched Lower College Street premises on 10 July with UKGC enforcement staff and SWROCU.
QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited will pay £609,104 under a regulatory settlement, the UKGC said on 20 August 2026. The regulator identified anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures, including inadequate checks on customer funds and ineffective monitoring of gambling harm. The UKGC said QuinnBet took immediate action to improve its controls.
QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited, which operates quinnbet.com, is to pay £609,104 as part of a settlement with the UKGC, the regulator said on 20 August 2026. The UKGC said an investigation found anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures at the business.
Noor Rassam and Panayiotis Karayiannis received three-year prison sentences, suspended for three years, after admitting offences involving criminal property linked to illegal poker games in Cardiff. The games operated between August 2022 and February 2024; a Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is scheduled for 9 April 2027.
A Gambling Commission notice reports that two men received suspended jail terms after being convicted of holding and moving criminal funds. The money came from poker games run illegally in Cardiff. Noor Rassam, 29, of Pentwyn, Cardiff, and Panayiotis Karayiannis, 30, of Pontprennau, Cardiff, each received a three-year prison term, suspended for three years. Each pleaded guilty to possessing criminal property and to transferring criminal property, both offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. A hearing under that Act is scheduled for 9 April 2027.