Greentube hit with £685,000 UK Gambling Commission fine
Channel Islands-based subsidiary to undergo extensive independent auditing after failures between December 2019 and November 2020
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has imposed a fine of £685,000 on Greentube Alderney after an investigation revealed social responsibility and money laundering failures.
The findings of the UKGC investigation found that the Channel Islands-registered subsidiary of the Austria-based operator Greentube had failed to interact with customers in a way that minimised the risk of customers experiencing gambling harms.
The regulator also discovered that Greentube Alderney did not conduct adequate assessments to protect against risks of money laundering.
Novomatic, for whom Greentube are the interactive division, also failed to have in place and implement appropriate policies, procedures and controls to prevent money laundering.
Helen Venn, UKGC executive director, said: “Compliance with Commission rules aimed at keeping people safe and gambling crime free is not optional.
“We will always take firm action against those operators who fail to meet the high standards we expect for consumers in Britain,” she added.
Meanwhile, Greentube Alderney – which operates admiralcasino.co.uk and bellfruitcasino.com – will also undergo extensive independent auditing for the failures which occurred between December 2019 and November 2020.
Greentube will also pay an additional £8,789.86 towards the UKGC’s costs of investigating the case.