William Hill was fined \u00a36.2 million<\/a> ($8.7 million) for failing to recognize serious symptoms of problem gambling behavior, while 888 received a record \u00a37.8 million ($11 million) fine in August 2017, for similar reasons.<\/p>\n\u201cProtecting consumers from gambling-related harm is a priority for us and where we see operators failing in their responsibility to keep their customers safe we will take tough action.\u201d said the Gambling Commission programme director, Richard Watson, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Online gambling company Sky Bet has accepted a \u00a31 million ($1.4 million) fine from the UK Gambling Commission for allowing hundreds of self-excluded gamblers to continue betting, while inadvertently sending promotional texts, emails and push notifications to around 50,000 more. The fine comes just months after Sky Bet chief Richard Flint called on the betting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":73879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13592,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Sky Bet Fined \u00a31 Million for Failing Self-Excluded Gamblers<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n