Gambling firm fined record ₹64 crore on not protecting users
Gambling firm 888 has been hit with a record £7.8 million (₹64 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 £1.3 million over 13 months before being identified as having a problem.