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By The Weekly Edge desk ·
Betfred faces a £900,000 payment over shortcomings in preventing gambling harm, reported by iGaming Business. The UKGC found delayed interventions involving a customer who lost £17,900 over 24 hours without subsequent contact.
The payment follows identified failures in Betfred’s customer-intervention procedures.
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