Betway Limited casinos

Licences on record

• Casino — RemoteActive · from 1 Nov 2014 · register
• Betting (real events) — RemoteActive · from 1 Nov 2014 · register
• Betting (virtual events) — RemoteActive · from 9 Jun 2017 · register

Domains recorded for this licensee: betway.com, casino.betway.com, hippodromeonline.com, inplay.betway.com, jackpotcity.co.uk, jackpotcitycasino.co.uk, spincasino.co.uk, sports.betway.com, vegas.betway.com.

Gambling Commission actions on record

• £408,915 · fine21 Sept 2022

  Betway Limited fined £408,915 for displaying gambling adverts on children-oriented pages of West Ham United FC’s website between April 2020 and November 2021. Applies to all Betway Limited brands, including Spin Casino.

  Source
• £408,915 · fine1 Jan 2022

  Fine for socially irresponsible advertising: Betway's gambling logo (linking to its site) appeared on children's pages of West Ham United FC's website — including a printable teddy-bear colouring page and the 'Young Hammers at Home' page — between roughly 14 April 2020 and 6 November 2021, breaching social responsibility code provision 5.1.6. Announced 21 September 2022. Action against the Betway Limited licensee (account 39372).

  Source
• £11.6m · fine13 Mar 2020

  Betway Limited paid a then-record £11.6m regulatory settlement for social-responsibility and anti-money-laundering failures around high-value (VIP) customers — including a customer who deposited over £8m and lost £4m+ over four years without adequate source-of-funds checks. The licence and its record apply to all Betway Limited brands, including Spin Casino.

  Source
• £11.6m · fine1 Jan 2020

  Settlement for social-responsibility and anti-money-laundering failings linked to high-spending 'VIP' customers (Nov 2014–Dec 2018). The Gambling Commission found Betway failed to carry out source-of-funds checks on a VIP who deposited over £8m and lost over £4m, and allowed approximately £5.8m through the business that was found or suspected to be proceeds of crime. Settlement comprised £5.8m in lieu of a financial penalty plus £5.8m divestment. Action against the Betway Limited licensee (account 39372).

  Source
• £11.6m · fine1 Jan 2020

  Regulatory settlement (a record at the time) for failures in anti-money-laundering and social-responsibility controls in the handling of seven predominantly VIP customer accounts, including a customer who deposited around £8m and lost around £4m over four years, and approximately £5.8m that was or could reasonably be suspected to be proceeds of crime passing through the business. Half went to the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms and the remainder was returned to victims of crime. Confirmed paid.

  Source
• £11.6m · fine1 Jan 2020

  Monetary penalty package against Betway Limited (the operating licensee for the hippodromeonline.com white label) for anti-money-laundering and social-responsibility failings: failure to carry out source-of-funds checks on VIP customers, including one who deposited over £8m and lost over £4m, and around £5.8m that was found or could reasonably be suspected to be proceeds of crime. A record UK gambling penalty at the time.

  Source