William Hill fined £6.2m

[TheAddict]

I have only played @ 4 casinos, my entire gambling life ( 15 years) .I have never seen that before in my life. I don't think its unethical, I think its for the "elite".

I just assumed al casinos were expensive stakes, i was none the wiser at the time. I could only find an old old slot called wild spider which let me spin at 5c spins, every newer game that i can recall was (if full lines) 75c min bet. f*****s had a lot of my poker income at the time i tell ya, and not once got anything in player loyalty or even a bday gift. Never touched online since, till i found this site. And now i consider 30p being a brave high roller bet.
All those slots handed me my arse in return for a lot of wedge, but i had the last laugh cause on that wild spider 3 reel slot i was up over 50 bucks. Booyakasha!

 

[bebo67]

I just assumed al casinos were expensive stakes, i was none the wiser at the time. I could only find an old old slot called wild spider which let me spin at 5c spins, every newer game that i can recall was (if full lines) 75c min bet. f*****s had a lot of my poker income at the time i tell ya, and not once got anything in player loyalty or even a bday gift. Never touched online since, till i found this site. And now i consider 30p being a brave high roller bet.
All those slots handed me my arse in return for a lot of wedge, but i had the last laugh cause on that wild spider 3 reel slot i was up over 50 bucks. Booyakasha!

Lol. The most I have ever seen was 100 dollar bets, and i would be lying if I said I haven't used them when my account had a few thousand in it.

 

[Arch Stanton]

I have actual been in meetings with UKGC regarding similar topics. Its not fun and they expect to basically AML check any customer losing more than 1k per month.

But that doesn't seem to happen. Although if you look on your credit reports you can see AML checks from casinos and bookmakers, but quite what a credit report tells them in relation to how much money you earn is beyond me.
The main worry with this latest fine is that once again they are relating AML & RG checks but only because apparently stolen money is involved. If a casino or bookmaker is guilty of failing to spot problem gambling behaviour, why is it only a problem if stolen money is involved? If they are supposed to monitor and review every suspected problem gambling account, why no fines for where it involves customers who have lost their own money and money they had legally obtained on credit?
It's a complete double standard. Possibly because they know full well that the vast majority of serious problem gamblers do not resort to theft, they simply gamble everything they earn or borrow on credit, and that it will pop the lid on a huge problem that has existed for many years now.

 

[Casinomeister]

Yes, moving it back to UK.

Best move ever. Tel Aviv is fraught with rogues and scandalous behavior.

 

[Mouche12]

So losing over $1 K a month, Il'll take it that those are net losses in one calendar month?