UKGC publishes a new anti-fraud reminder to game operators -

The United Kingdom’s Game Commission (UKGC) recalled the game operators that entering into force, which aims to punish failures to prevent fraud.

The 2023 law of the transparency of economic crimes and companies (ECCTA) came into force on September 1, 2025 in Great Britain and has specific criteria that all large companies must now approach.

What is ECCTA?

The ECCTA was created as part of a document submission by the UK Law Commission in June 2022. It was developed to strengthen the restrictions on large companies operating in the United Kingdom concerning fraud.

The main objective of ECCTA was to raise awareness among companies to avoid any possible case of fraud. The legislation describes companies, which include the main game operators, as potentially “criminally responsible” if an example of fraud is discovered, and measures have not been taken to avoid or save against the body.

In the declaration published by the UKGC, he notes that “the game commission attracts the attention of relevant licensees” on the ECCTA in force.

“Under the offense, an organization may be criminally responsible when an employee, an agent, a subsidiary or another” associated person “commits fraud who intended to benefit the organization and the organization was not in place of reasonable fraud prevention procedures,” the statement said.

UKGC wants to reform the law on games of chance

We pointed out in July 2025 that the Gambling Act 2005 was subject to seriously repainting by the UKGC, the body speaking to Live IGB of the results of this work.

Helen Rhodes, director of policies of the British game commission, spoke during the event, saying that the regulator had had a number of changes that should come into force in the last part of 2025. Rhodes qualified this turn of change of “complex drum”.

One of these changes is the obligation of game operators in the United Kingdom to set limits and ask consumers to do so actively.

Rhodes also mentioned a financial risk assessment driver, which would be a means, she said, “identifying customers who are both high spending and which are in important or imminently current financial difficulties by signaling customers who are, for example, in large or multiple arrears, defects or bankruptcy”.

UKGC active in the application of regulations

As part of a three -year legal survey, the Paris -based Paris operator, Soare, pleaded not guilty of the accusations filed by the UKGC.

The sports betting supplier is examined by the regulator for breaking the current provisions of the 2025 play law. However, the French company remained categorical not to be at fault.

“The Commission has misunderstood our activities and wrongly determined that the laws on the game apply to Sorare. We cannot comment more during the current legal proceedings. ”

A date was set by the UKGC, the saying body: “The case was adjourned for the trial starting on June 16, 2025.” However, the regulator has not published any results or update on the case of Soare since that date, because the resolutions are generally displayed on the British Watchdog website.

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