Overview
- Platinum Gaming, which runs unibet.co.uk and uk.bingo.com, received the penalty for anti-money-laundering breaches and safer-gambling failings.
- Investigators cited cases of customers losing thousands shortly after registration, repeatedly breaching loss limits, and not receiving timely interventions.
- Anti-money-laundering controls were found to be deficient, including instances where accounts closed for AML or terrorist financing concerns were able to rejoin and gamble.
- The action follows a £2.9 million fine in 2023 for similar failures, underscoring persistent shortcomings in the operator’s controls.
- Racing Post reported this is the Commission’s largest penalty of the year, and enforcement chief John Pierce warned that further regulatory action remains possible if compliance does not improve.