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Operator record

Evolution Malta Holding Limited: UKGC licence & enforcement record

Holds 2 active British operating licences, the earliest running since 2015. 1 regulatory action published since September 2023, totalling £4,750,000.

Safety record

42/100

Safety Record

Enforcement burden
2.6 of 55
Licence tenure
14.4 of 20
Licence standing
25 of 25

Scored on the register alone. Safer gambling tool coverage and RTP disclosure are only counted for operators we have tested directly, and this one has not been tested yet, so those weights are excluded rather than guessed. How the score works

The enforcement component carries the most weight and it is what moves this figure: £4,750,000 in penalties across 1 decision published since September 2023, weighted towards the most recent. 11 years of licensed operation gives partial credit on tenure, which reaches full marks at fifteen. No licence has been revoked, so licence standing is unaffected.

What the Gambling Commission has published about Evolution Malta Holding Limited

Each entry below is a published decision, reproduced from the Commission's register of regulatory actions as read on 11 August 2026. Wording is the Commission's, not ours.

This is not the company's full enforcement history. The Commission withdraws a decision from the register three years after it is published, so what appears here — and every total on this page — covers decisions from September 2023 onwards. Penalties issued before then, including some of the largest in the Commission's history, are no longer on the register and are not counted. How this window affects the score.

23 July 2026

Settlement: £4,750,000

Commission costs, Public statement and Payment in lieu of financial penalty

  • LC 12.1.1Anti-money-laundering controls
  • LC 12.1.2Money-laundering rules for foreign-based operators

A licence review under section 116 of the Act was commenced following concerns that 5 of Evolution’s genuine games had been found on 6 websites, operated by 2 operators (the “Websites”) who were unlicensed by the Gambling Commission, yet accessible at scale to consumers in Great Britain (GB). The Commission has information which suggests between December 2023 and November 2024, there were large volumes of visits to the Websites by UK consumers. In August 2024 the Commission identified the presence of what appeared to be Evolution games on the Websites. The Commission notified Evolution in December 2024, who confirmed they were genuine Evolution Games. This led to Evolution immediately and permanently geo-blocking those games to GB consumers on the unlicensed Websites in addition to other websites where their games were found. The review found failings in Evolution’s controls, specifically: paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of licence condition 12.1.1 requiring compliance with the prevention of Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorist Financing (TF) licence condition 12.1.2 requiring operators based in foreign jurisdictions to comply with the ML, TF and Transfer of Funds (Information of the Payer) Regulations 2017. In line with our Statement of Principles for Licensing and regulation , Evolution will make a total payment in lieu of a financial penalty of £4,750,000. Details of this are set out under the heading Regulatory Settlement. Further information about this case can be found on the Gambling Commission’s public statement, which can be found here: Evolution Malta Holding Limited Public Statement

Source: Gambling Commission register of regulatory actions, account 41655, read 11 August 2026. Request a correction

Websites covered by this licence

WebsiteRegister status
evolutiongaming.comActive

Licences on record

The permissions held by Evolution Malta Holding Limited cover 2 regulated activities: Gambling Software, Game Host (Casino). All of its licences are remote or ancillary remote, so its permissions are for online play rather than premises.

LicenceActivityTypeStatusStarted
041655-R-322523-011 Gambling Software Remote Active 30 October 2015
041655-R-322523-011 Game Host (Casino) Remote Active 25 August 2021

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Common questions about Evolution Malta Holding Limited

Is Evolution Malta Holding Limited licensed in the UK?

Yes. The Gambling Commission lists 2 active operating licences against Evolution Malta Holding Limited, account number 41655, the earliest running since 30 October 2015. That includes an active remote casino licence, so it is permitted to offer online casino games to British players.

Has Evolution Malta Holding Limited been fined by the Gambling Commission?

1 regulatory action is currently published against it, decided since September 2023 and totalling £4,750,000. The most recent was decided on 23 July 2026 and recorded as a settlement of £4,750,000. Sanctions and settlements stay on the Commission's register for three years from publication, so that figure is what the register carries today and not the company's entire enforcement history — older penalties, including some very large ones, have been withdrawn from the register and are not counted here. The Commission's own wording for each decision is reproduced above.

Who do I complain to about Evolution Malta Holding Limited?

Start with the operator in writing. If it is unresolved after eight weeks, or you disagree with its final response, the complaint goes to the alternative dispute resolution provider it is signed up to, free of charge. The Gambling Commission does not settle individual disputes and cannot recover your money, though it does use complaint patterns to drive compliance work.

How is the Safety Record score for Evolution Malta Holding Limited calculated?

From three inputs in the public register, weighted 55 for enforcement burden, 25 for licence standing and 20 for licence tenure, normalised to a mark out of 100. Evolution Malta Holding Limited scores 42. Safer gambling tool coverage and RTP disclosure are only counted where we have tested a site directly; this operator has not been tested, so those weights are excluded rather than guessed at. No commercial arrangement can change the figure.