Across Europe’s igaming sector, non-compliance has become both a constant theme and a recurring cost. Across the continent, regulators are issuing fines at an unprecedented pace, targeting anti-money laundering lapses, social responsibility failures and deficiencies in self-exclusion systems.
However, despite these frequent interventions, breaches persist. The pattern raises a difficult question: why does non-compliance remain so endemic? The answer seems to lie in a complex mix of regulatory evolution, operational shortcomings and commercial tension between growth and governance.
The numbers give an indication. A conservative estimate is that the total annual fines for regulated non‑compliance in the European gambling sector lie above €150 million per year.
