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Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 756 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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by company- Caesars Entertainment, Inc. / Desert Palace, LLC (Caesars Palace) €6.77m 83 % · 1 case
- Sahara Dunes Casino, LP (Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino) €831,716 10 % · 1 case
- Stanleybet Malta Limited €225,730 3 % · 1 case
- Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation €144,584 2 % · 1 case
- Goldwin Ltd €80,907 1 % · 1 case
- Integritas Consulting Ltd €66,504 1 % · 1 case
- DMCL Chartered Professional Accountants €45,370 1 % · 1 case
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2024 | 2 | €898,220 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €45,370 |
| Q4 2025 | 1 | €6.77m |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | €225,730 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2026 | 3 | €255,491 |
8 cases
20 Nov 2025 Caesars Entertainment, Inc. / Desert Palace, LLC (Caesars Palace)Nevada: 7.8 million USD against Caesars over gambling by an illegal bookmaker €6.77m
On 13 November 2025, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) filed a disciplinary complaint for unsuitable methods of operation in connection with the illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer and at the same time concluded a settlement of 7.8 million USD with conditions attached to the gaming licences. The conditions relate primarily to improving the AML programme and to additional training and awareness-raising for employees; the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) adopted the settlement as its order on 20 November 2025 (Case No. 25-03).
Casino staff must recognise high-risk players and unexplained sources of funds – revenue interests must not override AML obligations.
Checking the source of gambling funds, recognising high-risk customers
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) auf Beschwerde des Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Glücksspielrecht Nevada (unsuitable methods of operation)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Mitigating circumstances
- Numerous remedial measures already implemented
- Published
- 13 Nov 2025
Original amount 7,800,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 20 Nov 2025.
- Nevada Gaming Control Board and Caesars Entertainment, Inc. Enter into Proposed Stipulation for Settlement Regarding Disciplinary Complaint Press release of an authority
- Nevada Gaming Commission – Disposition, November 2025 Agenda (20.11.2025) Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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20 Aug 2026 Tax adviser uses firm's account for third-party payments: 30,000 EUR FMA penalty upheld €30,000
From December 2022, an auditor and tax adviser processed payments of another limited company totalling around 1.26 million EUR through the bank account of his tax advisory company, which was held as an own account, without disclosing this to the bank – according to the court, deliberately in order to avoid a compliance review. The Austrian Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, BVwG) upheld the fine of 30,000 EUR imposed on him by the Financial Market Authority (Finanzmarktaufsicht, FMA) in its penalty decision of 27 November 2025, in his capacity as managing director of the account-holding company, which is liable for the penalty; an ordinary appeal on points of law is not admissible.
Customers also have obligations under anti-money laundering law: anyone channelling third-party funds through an own account must disclose this to the bank.
Disclosure obligations as a bank customer for trust and pass-through payments
- Authority / court
- Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVwG); Straferkenntnis der Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) vom 27.11.2025
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- § 6 Abs. 3 FM-GwG (Offenlegung des Handelns auf fremde Rechnung) i. V. m. § 34 Abs. 5 FM-GwG; § 9 Abs. 1 und 7 VStG
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- Fine imposed on the managing director personally; liability of the company under Section 9(7) VStG (Austrian Administrative Penal Act)
- BVwG W607 2331234-1 vom 20.08.2026 Court decision
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Jul 2026 Nova Scotia Gaming CorporationFINTRAC: 231,826 CAD against Nova Scotia Gaming over missing suspicious transaction reports €144,584
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) imposed 231,826 CAD on the Halifax gaming corporation (casino sector) because it failed to file suspicious transaction reports on attempted transactions despite reasonable grounds for suspicion, did not keep its compliance policies up to date and approved by a senior officer, and did not assess the money laundering risk as required. The penalty was paid in full.
Even aborted or merely attempted transactions can be reportable – cashier staff must know this.
Suspicious transaction reports even for merely attempted transactions
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports
- Legal basis
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 3 Sep 2026
Original amount 231,826 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 23 Jul 2026.
- FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation Press release of an authority
- Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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14 Jul 2026 Goldwin LtdMalta: 80,907 EUR against online casino Goldwin for missing customer risk assessment €80,907
The 2022 examination revealed that for more than two years the remote gaming operator had had no proper customer risk assessment for almost its entire player base; the assessments submitted had been prepared specifically for the examination. In addition, once players reached the deposit threshold of 2,000 EUR, it did not check in good time whether they were politically exposed persons. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed 80,907 EUR; the fine was still open to appeal at the time of publication.
Supervisory authorities see through risk assessments prepared only for the examination – they must be applied in day-to-day business.
Risk-based customer assessment in gambling
- Authority / court
- Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Reg. 5(5)(a)(ii), 11(5), 21 PMLFTR; FIAU Implementing Procedures Part I und II (Remote Gaming)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 16 Jul 2026
- Administrative Measure Publication Notice – Goldwin Ltd Decision of an authority
- Publication of AML/CFT Administrative Penalties and Measures – FIAU Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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23 Mar 2026 Stanleybet Malta LimitedMalta: 225,730 EUR against betting operator Stanleybet over lack of customer checks in betting shops €225,730
Malta's Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed 225,730 EUR, a penalty payment of 2,000 EUR per day and a follow-up directive on the licensed gambling operator, which works through a network of independently operated betting shops in an EU member state. The company was unable to link customers' cumulative deposits across different shops and only checked customers from a single deposit of 2,000 EUR upwards, so the threshold could be circumvented. The company has appealed.
Thresholds must be aggregated per customer across all channels and branches – otherwise the system invites structuring.
Recognising structured deposits below the checking threshold
- Authority / court
- Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Regulation 21 PMLFTR; Verstöße gegen Regulations 5(5)(a)(ii), 7, 9(1) PMLFTR und FIAU Implementing Procedures
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 16 Apr 2026
- Administrative Measure Publication Notice – Stanleybet Malta Limited Decision of an authority
- Administrative Measures – FIAU Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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25 Jul 2025 DMCL Chartered Professional AccountantsFINTRAC: accountancy firm DMCL without compliance programme – 72,750 CAD €45,370
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) imposed 72,750 CAD on the auditing and accountancy firm with four offices in British Columbia: approved written compliance policies, a documented risk assessment and the prescribed two-yearly effectiveness review were all lacking. The penalty was paid.
Firms that handle money movements for clients are themselves obliged entities and need their own AML programme.
- Authority / court
- Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Internal controls
- Legal basis
- Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act, Part 1, und zugehörige Verordnungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 9 Oct 2025
Original amount 72,750 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 25 Jul 2025.
- FINTRAC imposes an administrative monetary penalty on DMCL Chartered Professional Accountants Press release of an authority
- Public notice of administrative monetary penalties Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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13 Nov 2024 Integritas Consulting LtdMalta: 66,504 EUR against corporate services firm Integritas for lack of monitoring €66,504
The corporate services provider did not question why a client company that had been dormant for seven years suddenly received over 4 million EUR and passed almost identical amounts on to its shareholder, and did not keep customer information up to date. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) imposed 66,504 EUR; remediation was no longer possible because the firm had surrendered its licence and is being wound up.
Sudden flows of millions through dormant companies are a trigger for updated due diligence and, where appropriate, a suspicious transaction report.
Recognising unusual transactions in dormant companies
- Authority / court
- Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Customer due diligence
- Legal basis
- Reg. 7(2)(a), 7(2)(b), 11(9), 15(3) PMLFTR
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Other
- Published
- 13 Nov 2024
- Administrative Measure Publication Notice – Integritas Consulting Ltd Decision of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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22 Oct 2024 Sahara Dunes Casino, LP (Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino)FinCEN: 900,000 USD against Lake Elsinore card club over missing reports €831,716
The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) imposed 900,000 USD on the Californian card club, which admitted wilful infringements over more than four and a half years: no effective AML programme, missing currency transaction reports (CTR) and suspicious activity reports (SAR), and record-keeping deficiencies. The infringements stemmed from decisions by management.
Even small casinos and card clubs must file currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports without gaps – management decisions to the contrary are considered wilful.
Currency transaction and suspicious activity reports in gambling operations
- Authority / court
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
- Area of law
- Money laundering and terrorist financing · Suspicious activity reports
- Legal basis
- Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) und Durchführungsbestimmungen
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Other
- Culpability
- intentional
- Liability of senior managers
- According to FinCEN, the infringements were based on decisions by management
- Published
- 23 Oct 2024
Original amount 900,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Oct 2024.
- FinCEN Assesses $900,000 Civil Money Penalty Against Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino for Violations of the Bank Secrecy Act Press release of an authority
- FinCEN Consent Order – Sahara Dunes Casino, LP d/b/a Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino (Number 2024-03) Decision of an authority
- FinCEN Enforcement Actions Enforcement database of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link