William Hill to pay record £19.2m for ‘widespread and alarming’ failures

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. The previous largest case was a £17m fine imposed on Entain, the gambling firm behind Ladbrokes and Coral, last August.