Gambling group fined over errors in social responsibility and anti-money-laundering measures

William Hill has been fined a record £19m for “widespread and alarming” social responsibility and anti-money-laundering failures, the Gambling Commission has announced.

Three gambling businesses owned by William Hill will pay a total of £19.2m – the largest penalty in the commission’s history – for failing to protect customers, some of whom were allowed to spend thousands of pounds at a time without checks.

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