What happened
The Gambling Commission found Evolution games on six unlicensed websites accessible to consumers in Great Britain. Between December 2023 and November 2024, those websites received large volumes of visits from UK consumers.
Evolution’s money-laundering and terrorist-financing risk assessment did not effectively flag that two operators it dealt with were supplying its games in Great Britain without a Commission licence. The Commission found that Evolution had failed to identify and assess relevant risks adequately.
The Commission also found that Evolution lacked effective policies, procedures and controls to stop unlicensed operators making its games available in Great Britain. It found customer due-diligence failings as well.
John Pierce, the Commission’s Director of Enforcement, said the failures were serious enough for licence suspension to be considered. He said Evolution acted swiftly after the issues were identified, and later Commission testing found no further instances of concern.
How to check it yourself
Read the Gambling Commission’s public statement on Evolution Malta Holding Limited. It sets out the settlement amount, the licence-holder’s role, the unlicensed websites and the period of UK consumer visits. The enforcement comments explain the Commission’s findings on risk assessment, supply-chain oversight, customer due diligence and later testing.
What the RTP Index newsroom thinks
The settlement is justified. A licence holder that supplies games through other businesses must know where those games are reaching consumers and must test whether its controls work outside its own systems. Evolution’s response and the later testing matter, but they do not soften the original finding: the safeguards failed while unlicensed websites were accessible to consumers in Great Britain.
