The Government’s Gambling Division has reached a £25,000 regulatory settlement with a local licensee.

The settlement is in lieu of a financial penalty in connection with an enforcement case where a deficiency was identified in the management of two customer cases from outside the UK.

The Gambling Division says it does not believe there were any widespread, systemic issues but claims the cases offered an important learning point for the industry.

It says that in both cases the operator failed to fully reconcile a discrepancy in tax and income information provided by the customers.

The Gambling Division says there’s no evidence that either customer was engaged in tax evasion in their own jurisdictions but that having been made aware of a mismatch between the income and tax information, the operator should have asked for an explanation.

The Operator, it adds, has been fully co-operative and remains fit to hold a licence.