Harry Smith and Elsie Blockley Smith

Account number

2878

Head office address

10 Moss Street,
Paisley, PA1 1BL, United Kingdom

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Regulatory actions

Sanction

What is a sanction?

When a licence holder has not followed rules and regulations aimed at ensuring gambling is fair, safe and crime-free, we can take action and impose the following sanctions:

• Give the licensee a warning
• Add, remove, or amend a condition to the licence
• Suspend a licence
• Revoke a licence
• Impose a financial penalty

Decision date: 4 March 2025

Outcomes: Warning

Details of action

Following a review of the operating licence held by Harry Smith and Elsie Blockley Smith, trading as H&H Entertainments and Smith Amusements (“the Licensee”), the Gambling Commission (“the Commission”) found that the Licensee:

• breached paragraphs 1 and 2 of Licence condition 12.1.1 - Anti-money laundering - Prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing
• breached paragraph 2 of Licence Condition 15.3.1 - General and regulatory returns
• failed to comply with Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.5.6 - Multi-Operator Self-Exclusion Scheme
• failed to comply with Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.4.1 - Premises-based customer interactions
• failed to comply with paragraph 6 of Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.5.1 - Self exclusion

In line with the Commission’s Licensing, compliance and enforcement policy statement1 and the Indicative sanctions guidance, the Commission has decided to:  

i. issue the Licensee with a warning under section 117 (1) (a) of the Gambling Act 2005 (“the Act”)  

The Licensee co-operated with the Commission throughout the investigation and took corrective steps to address the identified failings.