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UKGC secures £1.4m settlement from Aspire Global over compliance failures

Enforcement & compliance

Aspire Global agreed to pay £1.4m under a regulatory settlement following a UK Gambling Commission investigation, the Commission said. The investigation identified social responsibility and anti-money-laundering failures, including delayed customer checks and failures involving self-excluded customers. The payment will go towards socially responsible causes, and the Commission said this was the operator’s second enforcement action.

The settlement and repeat findings signal compliance risks for operators using customer spending thresholds and self-exclusion controls.

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UKGC fines In Touch Games £6.1m over compliance failures

The UKGC announced a £6.1m penalty against In Touch Games on 25 January 2023 for safer gambling and anti-money laundering breaches. The operator, which ran 11 websites, delayed a customer interaction by seven weeks and inadequately assessed money laundering risks.

The Gambling Commission announced on 25 January 2023 that In Touch Games faces a £6.1m penalty following an investigation that uncovered failings in social responsibility and money laundering. The regulator's notice records that the online operator, which runs 11 websites, did not pass a compliance assessment last March.

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