Gambling firm fined record â¹64 crore on not protecting users
Gambling firm 888 has been hit with a record Â£7.8 million (â¹64 crore) penalty for failing to protect vulnerable customers. Due to a technical failure, 7,000 customers who had chosen to bar themselves from their 888 accounts, were still able to gamble. This included a customer who bet Â£1.3 million over 13 months before being identified as having a problem.