The Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has served Apollo Entertainment Ltd. (Apollo) with a Notice of Monetary Penalty totaling $100,000 for failing to meet Ontario’s responsible gambling requirements.

Done Bros (Cash Betting) Limited, trading as Betfred, will pay £3.25 million after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.

Videoslots Limited will pay £2 million after social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures were uncovered. The operator – which runs videoslots.com, videoslots.co.uk and mrvegas.com – will pay the money as part of a settlement with the Commission.

The resolution contains 16 provisions aimed at directing states to address problem and responsible gambling issues through a combination of prevention and harm reduction, public awareness, intervention and treatment, research, and adequate funding, among other mechanisms.

For the gaming industry, navigating the regulatory landscape is an ongoing challenge, but it also presents a new opportunity for companies to demonstrate their commitment to player protection and responsible gambling. The Government’s 2023 whitepaper on gaming has proposed significant reforms, focusing on identity verification, affordability, and transparency of spend, particularly in the online gaming space.

With the enormous changes in gambling over the past decade – consumers having the ability to access online gaming at the click of an app whenever and wherever in the world they may be, fast paced innovation in game design and harnessing new technologies to protect players – how will the industry find a balance between increasing legislative action and allowing technology to continue to meet consumers’ demands and expectations for change?

Three gambling businesses owned by William Hill Group will pay a total of £19.2 million for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.

WHG (International) Limited, which runs williamhill.com, will pay £12.5 million, Mr Green Limited, which runs mrgreen.com, will pay £3.7 million and William Hill Organization Limited, which operates 1,344 gambling premises across Britain, will pay £3 million.