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Account Number: 41655
Evolution Malta Holding Limited operates 1 online gambling site in the UK. Their gambling sites include www.evolutiongaming.com. Evolution Malta Holding Limited has 1 regulatory action on record with the UK Gambling Commission.
Evolution Malta Holding Limited is a business‑to‑business gambling operator licensed by the Gambling Commission in Great Britain and its operating licence is recorded as active. It is part of the Evolution group, which is ultimately owned by Evolution AB, a company founded in 2006.
The company is described by the Gambling Commission as a remote casino operator that contracts with other licensed operators rather than directly with consumers. It is identified in Gambling Commission material as a subsidiary of Evolution AB alongside Evolution NetEnt (Gibraltar) Limited, Evolution NetEnt Malta Limited, Evolution Red Tiger Malta Limited and Evolution Services Sweden AB.
The company holds a Gambling Commission operating licence for remote casino activities. This licence authorises it to manufacture, supply, install or adapt gambling software used in connection with remote casino gambling under the Gambling Act 2005.
The operating licence is recorded on the Gambling Commission public register under account number 41655. The public register entry shows the licence status as active and subject to the general conditions and codes of practice applied by the regulator.
On 20 December 2024 Evolution AB announced that the Gambling Commission had commenced a review of this operating licence under section 116 of the Gambling Act 2005. The announcement stated that the review concerned compliance with the licence conditions applicable to the company.
The Gambling Commission later published a Freedom of Information response describing the scope of a section 116 review relating to Evolution AB and certain subsidiaries, including this company. That document recorded that the request for information about the scope of the review was made on 19 February 2025.
Evolution Malta Holding Limited
41655
Spinola Park, Level 1, Mikiel Ang. Borg Street, St. Julians
SPK 1000
Malta
Evolution Malta Holding Limited has been fined £4.75 million for allowing its online games to be accessed on six unlicensed gambling websites in Great Britain. The Gambling Commission found that the company failed to properly assess the risks of money laundering and did not have effective controls in place to prevent its games from being offered by unlicensed operators. This action does not affect your ability to play, but players should remain vigilant and monitor their accounts for any irregularities.
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The Gambling Commission has published a public statement setting out how a software and casino game host licence holder supplied online games to unlicensed gambling businesses. +
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Evolution Malta Holding Limited will pay a £4.75 million settlement after a Commission investigation revealed its games appeared on six unlicensed websites accessible to consumers in Great Britain (GB). +
During the investigation it was established that Evolution’s risk assessment of whether their business could be used for money laundering and terrorist financing was not effective enough to flag that two operators it conducted business with were supplying its games to consumers in Great Britain without holding a Commission licence. +
Between December 2023 and November 2024 there were large volumes of visits to the six websites by UK consumers. +
Evolution breached regulations by not taking appropriate steps to identify and assess the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing, not establishing and maintaining effective policies, procedure and controls needed to ensure that its games were not made available in the GB market by unlicensed operators, and not complying with customer due diligence requirements.+
John Pierce, Commission Director of Enforcement, said: "This case exposed serious weaknesses in Evolution's money laundering risk assessment and its oversight of risks within its supply chain. +
"The company's money laundering risk assessment was outdated and failed to adequately consider the risk of its games being made available through unlicensed operators. As a result, there was a significant gap between the controls on paper and their effectiveness in practice. +
"The Commission's investigation and testing uncovered failings that were serious enough for us to consider licence suspension. +
"Evolution responded swiftly a