Two Youtubers have been fined in the UK for gambling offences

 

Back in September 2016, Two UK YouTubers, Craig Douglas and Dylan Rigby, were charged with promoting a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling. Today both YouTubers have pleaded guilty and have been fined for offences that include the facilitating illegal gambling and the advertising unlawful gambling.

 

This is the first prosecution involving betting/gambling on/using video games, with the Gambling Commission being expected to bring more cases to court over the coming months. Right now the Global gambling market on video games is thought to be worth around £4 billion, with the majority of these operations being illegal.  

 

Craig Douglas created Fifa based gaming videos under the name Nepenthez, with Dylan Rigby working on the now deactivated FUTgalaxy YouTube channel. Both men are from Essex and Douglas has been charged with inviting children to gamble in addition to advertising illegal gambling websites. 

Both YouTubers operated a website called FUT Galaxy which uses FIFA coins as a medium of currency for illegal gambling on sports and other events, with this currency being tradable on the black market for real currency (like poker chips). 

Craig Douglas has now been fined £91,000 and Dylan Rigby has been fined £164,000, with neither party facing jail time for their offences. 

 

 

Back in September 2016, Two UK YouTubers, Craig Douglas and Dylan Rigby, were charged with promoting a lottery and advertising unlawful gambling. Today both YouTubers have pleaded guilty and have been fined for offences that include the facilitating illegal gambling and the advertising unlawful gambling.

 

This is the first prosecution involving betting/gambling on/using video games, with the Gambling Commission being expected to bring more cases to court over the coming months. Right now the Global gambling market on video games is thought to be worth around £4 billion, with the majority of these operations being illegal.  

 

Craig Douglas created Fifa based gaming videos under the name Nepenthez, with Dylan Rigby working on the now deactivated FUTgalaxy YouTube channel. Both men are from Essex and Douglas has been charged with inviting children to gamble in addition to advertising illegal gambling websites. 

Both YouTubers operated a website called FUT Galaxy which uses FIFA coins as a medium of currency for illegal gambling on sports and other events, with this currency being tradable on the black market for real currency (like poker chips). 

Craig Douglas has now been fined £91,000 and Dylan Rigby has been fined £164,000, with neither party facing jail time for their offences.