INDEPENDENT · SOURCE-LINKED · ENFORCEMENT-LED

The rules
behind every
market.

How gambling rules are actually enforced: regulator fines, advertising rulings and penalties in Great Britain, Canada and the United States, each linked to its source, plus official regulator links for Europe.

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OFFICIAL SOURCES FOR KEY MARKETS

Jurisdiction
Intelligence

For each market: the regulator, its licence register, where it publishes enforcement, its marketing rules and its self-exclusion scheme.

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EUROPE

United Kingdom

Gambling Commission, ASA and CAP Code, ICO marketing rules and GAMSTOP.

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NORTH AMERICA

United States

State-by-state regulators, licence lists and enforcement pages.

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NORTH AMERICA

Canada

Ontario's AGCO and iGaming Ontario, Alberta's new market, BC and Quebec.

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EUROPE

European markets

National regulators, registers and self-exclusion schemes across licensed EU markets.

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Enforcement at a glance

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PUBLISHED DECISIONS · OUR TOTALS

Body	Period	Published actions	Main failings
Gambling Commission	2024 to Oct 2026	£41.5m, 84 cases	AML, safer gambling
ASA (UK ads)	2025 to Oct 2026	31 rulings, 23 upheld	Strong appeal to under-18s
AGCO, Ontario	2023 to Oct 2026	C$1.42m, 15 penalties	Responsible gambling, inducements
Five US states	2025 to Oct 2026	$2.44m, 58 fines	Self-exclusion, unapproved bets

Totals are sums of published decisions verified by Jurisdexa, not official statistics. Each tracker links to every decision.

Featured Resources

Gambling Commission registerOfficial list of regulatory actions ASA gambling rulingsUK advertising decisions AGCO newsOntario penalties and notices

Research methods

How to read an enforcement decision and record a rule so it can be checked later.

How to read a gambling enforcement notice →

The regulatory evidence record →

HOW WE WORK

Decisions before conclusions.

Every case we list links to its source, the regulator's own decision wherever we could open it, and every directory link shows the date it was checked. Where we could not open the official page, the entry is marked. Each briefing shows when its sources were checked and when they are next due for review. We describe decisions in the regulator's terms and do not publish legal advice, invented statuses or unsupported claims. See our methodology.

EDITORIAL LIBRARY

Enforcement briefings and research guides

Trackers of published decisions, cross-market analysis and research methods.

Gambling Commission fines and settlements, 2024 to 2026 →
£41.5m across 84 cases, with suspensions and failings.ASA gambling advertising rulings, 2025 to 2026 →
31 rulings by issue and outcome, with every ASA link.AGCO monetary penalties against Ontario iGaming operators →
15 operator penalties, C$1.42m, by standard breached.US online gambling fines by state, 2025 to 2026 →
58 state fines, $2.44m, led by self-exclusion failures.Enforcement cases involving affiliates and third parties →
Rulings and penalties where an affiliate or third party ran the ad.What gambling regulators fine operators for →
AML, self-exclusion and safer gambling compared across markets.

How to read a gambling enforcement notice →
What a settlement, ruling, notice or consent order does and does not prove.The regulatory evidence record: documenting a rule properly →
A field-by-field template, with a worked UK example.

Common questions

What is Jurisdexa?

An independent research reference that tracks published enforcement by gambling regulators and advertising authorities, and lists the official sources behind each jurisdiction's rules. It is not legal advice and not affiliated with any regulator.

How large are Gambling Commission fines?

On our count of its register, the Commission imposed or agreed £41.5 million in penalties and settlements announced or decided from January 2024 to October 2026, led by a £10 million penalty against Platinum Gaming in 2025. That includes Gamesys's £6.07 million, decided in November 2023 and announced in January 2024.

Which markets does Jurisdexa cover?

Great Britain, Canadian provinces, US states with regulated online gambling and licensed European markets. We do not cover India or other markets where online gambling or its promotion is prohibited.