The UK High Court dismissed claims brought by former SportPesa director Paul Wanderi Ndung’u, ruling on 18 November 2025, according to the report. The case concerned alleged share dilution, fraud, forgery and corporate conduct; the court found no evidence of wrongdoing, and SportPesa’s directors welcomed the decision.
The ruling resolves a dispute over SportPesa’s shareholding and corporate decisions, according to the report.
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The High Court ordered that 10 findings in Kenny Alexander’s civil case against the Gambling Commission remain unpublished until the criminal trial concludes. The judge rejected a request to suppress the entire judgment, which concerned privacy claims dismissed in January, and said a redacted version would be released; the trial is scheduled for 2028.
The Royal Courts of Justice dismissed Kenny Alexander and Lee Feldman’s civil claim against the UK Gambling Commission on 19 January, according to the report. The former gambling executives had argued that the regulator breached their privacy by disclosing a licence review linked to their attempted takeover of 888 Holdings. The court ordered them to pay the commission’s legal costs; their representatives reportedly intend to appeal.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in the long-running legal dispute over the Gambling Commission's tender for the National Lottery licence. The ruling brings the litigation over the tender to an end, the outlet reported.
The Court of Appeal dismissed Lee Gibson’s appeal against Betfair over £1.5m in sports-betting losses accumulated between 2009 and 2019. The court upheld the finding that Betfair neither knew nor should have known that Gibson was a problem gambler, and found no breach of licence conditions.
Birmingham Magistrates’ Court sentenced Simon Rydings, former chief executive of Capen Limited, to three months in prison, according to a UKGC notice dated 26 November 2021. Rydings admitted misusing £285,000 owed to Sheffield Hospitals Charity from lottery proceeds. The court also ordered him to pay £1,000 compensation within 18 months of his release.
Simon Rydings, former chief executive of Capen Limited, was sentenced to three months in prison by Birmingham Magistrates' Court for misusing £285,000 of lottery proceeds, according to a UKGC notice dated 26 November 2021. Rydings, 50, of Edinburgh, admitted misusing lottery proceeds under the 2005 Gambling Act between 1 January 2018 and 31 March 2020.