Gambling Black Market
Throughout my career in iGaming, I have worked to combat the unlicensed gambling market, seeing it as a fundamental threat to every legitimate stakeholder in the industry.
My work on ThePOGG saw me dealing directly with thousands of claims submitted against black market gambling operators, driving home the threats that these operators represented to the financial safety of players.
I worked to manage these claims and we regularly published exposés flagging-up cheating games, fake games, hidden links between illegitimate businesses, covered-up rebrands, and malpractice.
I have continued this work during my time as Head of ADR Services for CasinoReviews.com, some of which you can find below:
Doubling Down the Damage: The Prevalence of Fake Games in the UK Black Market
The Fake Contagion – Game Fakers Ripping-Off Players and Software Developers
Max Entertainment – The Vulkan connection
Game Tech Group – the Hydra grows new heads
The Lernaean Hydra – Game Tech Group NV take on new names
Hydra Reborn – Prism Marketing and Izzy Gaming BV
bCasino.co.uk – A UK Licensed Operator With Ties to the Black Market?
FashionTV Gaming Group – History of a Rogue operator
Skybook Cheating Video Poker Amigotech Software
Affiliate Edge and retroactive term changes
EuroKings = Class1/Maxima
Policy for Applause
Blocking Black Market Gambling
During my time with BetBlocker our team has worked consistently to ensure that identify black market operators as quickly and effectively as possible. The black market represents a unique challenge for BetBlocker. The regulated markets are easy to identify, via licensing registers. Unlicensed operators cannot be identified in this manner, so we have been forced to take innovative approaches to identifying and restricting new operators as they come online.
I work with numerous regulatory authorities and trade organisations, advising on the most effective approaches to take to disrupt black market operators and regularly author articles and speak on panels about the challenges represented by the black market.
