Online gambling firm 888 hit with record £7.8m penalty
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Online gambling firm 888 hit with record £7.8m penalty
888.com claims that “significant flaws” allowed seven thousand customers to gamble away £3,500,000 after they'd self-excluded from the online gambling giant.
The 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. Another customer bet more than £1.3m over 13 months before he was identified as having a problem.
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”.
Sarah Harrison, chief executive at the Gambling Commission, said the penalty would ensure that “lessons are learnt”.
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.
“Our requirements are that every company must provide the facility for every customer to be able to bar themselves from gambling. These 7,000 looked to do that. But 888 didn't deliver it as effectively as they should have done,” Ms Harrison told the BBC.
'Serious concerns'
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 three to four 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.
A £7,800,000 cut in profits will almost certainly ensure 888 doesn't let such “flaws” happen again.
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