A risk assessment that did not work cost one operator £4.75 million.
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On 23 July 2026, the UK Gambling Commission announced a £4.75 million settlement with Evolution Malta Holding Limited after finding that its games were accessible through six unlicensed websites serving Great Britain and that its anti-money-laundering risk assessment, supply-chain controls, and customer due-diligence processes were inadequate. The regulator said the weaknesses were serious enough to warrant considering a licence suspension, although the case was settled without one. The account compares Evolution’s case with 2025 enforcement actions involving Videoslots, Spreadex, and Platinum Gaming, highlighting alleged shortcomings such as reliance on ineffective algorithms, failures to escalate risk profiles, delayed checks on voucher activity, and acceptance of self-reported financial information instead of source-of-funds evidence. It argues that the recurring regulatory concern is often not the absence of controls or detection signals, but whether firms test their effectiveness, investigate warning signs, obtain evidence, and escalate cases appropriately. While identity verification, address checks, and ongoing AML screening can help provide documentary evidence, the text notes that operators remain responsible for risk judgment, monitoring, escalation, and demonstrating that their compliance systems work.
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