The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a report setting out red-flag risk indicators across the gaming and gambling sector. The indicators cover money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing. 

Risk indicators target casinos and betting

FATF released the report – Risks of Gaming and Gambling – on Wednesday. It updates the body’s 2009 analysis of the casino sector. In addition, it draws on questionnaire responses from 80 jurisdictions and written comments from a further 29, alongside industry consultation.

The report identifies land-based and online casinos and sports betting as carrying the highest money laundering exposure. By contrast, lotteries and scratchcards present lower risk. 

It finds that online gaming shows more documented terrorist financing activity than gambling, although proliferation financing risks remain limited across both sectors.

Cash, e-wallets, mobile money and virtual assets emerge as the payment methods most vulnerable to abuse. This is particularly true where operators use them to structure deposits below reporting thresholds. 

Giles Thomson, FATF president, said unregulated sectors risk becoming “attractive gateways for fraudsters, professional money launderers and organised criminal networks”. He called on governments to strengthen oversight, crack down on illegal and offshore operators and deepen public-private cooperation. 

Spillemyndigheden confirms relevance to Danish licensees

The Danish Gambling Authority said on Friday that the report stems from a broader review by FATF member countries over the past year.

The review examined the gaming sector and associated money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing risks.

Spillemyndigheden said it contributed actively to this work and sat on FATF’s gaming sector working group. The regulator confirmed that many of the indicators in the report carry relevance for operators licensed in Denmark.

Denmark already acting on illegal gambling risks

FATF’s warning on illegal and offshore gambling will resonate in Denmark. Last year, Spillemyndigheden secured a court order to block 178 unlicensed gambling sites, the largest such action in the regulator’s history. 

The case highlighted how illegal operators disguise their presence through multiple site variations, a tactic the FATF report also flags as a red flag indicator. 

Denmark’s approach reflects a wider pattern that FATF has tracked for years through its own grey and black listing system. Under this system, jurisdictions with weak AML/CTF controls face increased monitoring or reputational sanction.

金融行动特别工作组（FATF）发布了一份报告，列出了博彩和赌博行业的风险警示指标。这些指标涵盖洗钱、恐怖融资和扩散融资。

风险指标针对赌场和博彩

FATF于周三发布了这份名为《博彩和赌博风险》的报告。该报告更新了该机构2009年对赌场行业的分析。此外，报告还参考了来自80个司法管辖区的问卷回复、另外29个司法管辖区的书面意见，以及行业咨询结果。

报告指出，实体赌场、在线赌场和体育博彩面临的洗钱风险最高。相比之下，彩票和刮刮卡的风险较低。

报告发现，在线博彩中有记录的恐怖融资活动多于赌博，尽管两个行业的扩散融资风险仍然有限。

现金、电子钱包、移动支付和虚拟资产成为最容易被滥用的支付方式。当运营商利用这些方式将存款拆分至报告门槛以下时，情况尤为突出。

FATF主席Giles Thomson表示，不受监管的行业有可能成为“欺诈者、专业洗钱者和有组织犯罪网络的诱人门户”。他呼吁各国政府加强监管，打击非法和离岸运营商，并深化公私合作。

Spillemyndigheden确认该报告与丹麦持牌运营商相关

丹麦博彩管理局于周五表示，该报告源于FATF成员国在过去一年中开展的更广泛审查。

该审查考察了博彩行业及相关的洗钱、恐怖融资和扩散融资风险。

Spillemyndigheden表示，其积极参与了这项工作，并担任FATF博彩行业工作组成员。该监管机构确认，报告中的许多指标与在丹麦获得许可的运营商相关。

丹麦已就非法赌博风险采取行动

FATF关于非法和离岸赌博的警告将在丹麦引起共鸣。去年，Spillemyndigheden获得了法院命令，封锁了178个无牌赌博网站，这是该监管机构历史上规模最大的一次此类行动。

该案凸显了非法运营商如何通过多个网站变体来掩盖其存在，FATF报告也将这一手法列为风险警示指标。

丹麦的做法反映了FATF多年来通过其自身的灰名单和黑名单体系所追踪的更广泛模式。在该体系下，反洗钱/反恐融资管控薄弱的司法管辖区将面临加强监控或声誉制裁。