Newsazenplay.comThe UK Gambling Commission said it will increasingly target the financial flows, advertising channels and game suppliers supporting illegal gambling operators, rather than focusing only on website removal. Since January, it has referred more than £40 million in suspected criminal funds to partner…
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The UK Gambling Commission said search engines removed 3,038,969 URLs linked to illegal gambling between April and September 2026. The regulator also referred more than 7.8 million URLs for removal and issued 1,005 cease-and-desist notices during the period.
The UK Gambling Commission said it will increasingly target the payment providers, advertisers and game suppliers supporting illegal operators. The regulator said it had referred approximately £40 million for asset-freezing action as part of a broader financial-disruption strategy.
The UK Gambling Commission referred 7.7 million URLs associated with illegal gambling to search engines between July and September 2026. Search engines removed 3,019,291 of those URLs, while 1,835 websites were referred for delisting.