Gambling Industry Fines Tracker
By Gambling Industry News - Wednesday 29th January 2025 5:00 AM
Despite endless reprimands and record financial penalties and sanctions each and every year, gambling regulators across the globe continue to uncover major social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures and other regulatory infractions by supposedly “safe” legal, regulated and licensed gambling operators.
- 2024‘s total gambling fines fell by 58.3% to $184.2 million, the lowest figure since 2021.
- 2023 saw total financial sanctions related to the gambling industry hit $442.6 Million – Up By 42.3% on 2022’s figures.
- 2022‘s total sanctions of $264,578,390 topped the previous year’s figure thanks in large part to a record fine issued by the UK Gambling Commission to online gambling operator Entain, owner of popular brands such as Ladbrokes and Coral,
with the largest fine of levied in Australia – where Star Entertainment Group was fined A$100m ($62m, £55m) for failing to stop money-laundering at its Sydney casino. - 2021 saw regulators issue a combined total of $46,765,470 (£40,321,217) in financial penalties and sanction to gambling companies – more than double the total for 2018.
2025 Fines
Total fines issued in 2025 have reached $8,613,232 / £7,039,786 in less than a month.