The UK Gambling Commission has announced that it has fined online gambling operator NSUS Limited £672,829 (€765,383) for social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failures.
NSUS, which operates within the UK as GGPoker under the ggpoker.co.uk domain, has also received an official warning for the breaches of its licensing conditions.
UK Gambling Commission Fines GGPoker for Marketing to Self-Excluding Gamblers- Failure to identify those at risk of experiencing harms associated with gambling
- Failure to interact with those at risk of experiencing harms associated with gambling
The Commission’s investigation also revealed that the company failed to take steps to ensure that self-excluded customers did not receive promotional material encouraging them to gamble. Emails were sent out to 125 customers who had notified the company that they were self-excluding.
Anti-money laundering failures included:
- Failure to implement risk assessments for suspected money laundering and terrorist financing activities UK Gambling Commission Fines GGPoker for Marketing to Self-Excluding Gamblers
Natasha Lyndon
UK Gambling Commission Fines GGPoker for Marketing to Self-Excluding Gamblers