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Online gambling company 888 hit with record £7.8m penalty

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Online gambling firm 888 is to pay a record penalty of £7.8m after it failed to protect vulnerable customers.

 

The UK Gambling Commission said there were “significant flaws” in the firm’s social responsibility processes.

The regulator highlighted a technical failure which meant 7,000 customers who had chosen to bar themselves from their 888 accounts were still able to gamble.

Sarah Harrison, chief executive at the Gambling Commission, said the penalty would ensure that “lessons are learnt“.

888 said it had been working co-operatively with the regulator throughout the review, resulting in the voluntary settlement, adding it was “committed to providing players with a responsible as well as enjoyable gaming experience“.

Part of the penalty package will be used to repay £3.5m in deposits made by the customers who had self-excluded themselves when they wanted to stop gambling. A technical flaw meant that they were still able to gamble on 888’s bingo platform.

The regulator also pointed to one individual case in which a customer staked more than £1.3m, including £55,000 stolen from their employer. The customer in question gambled for 3-4 hours a day, over 13 months, placing a large number of bets.

The Gambling Commission said “the lack of interaction with the customer, given the frequency, duration and sums of money involved in the gambling, raised serious concerns about 888’s safeguarding of customers at-risk of gambling harm“.

Part of the penalty package – £62,000 – will be returned to the employer from whom money was taken.

Another £4.25m will be paid to a socially responsible cause to invest in measures to tackle gambling-related harm.

The Gambling Commission has ordered an independent audit of 888’s processes relating to customer protection.

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