The Malta Gaming Authority has released its interim report for the first half of 2023, revealing it issued a total financial penalty of €124,400.
The MGA said it issued 23 warnings between January and June 2023 while cancelling four licences and suspending another five.
The regulator added that it received 2,216 requests for help from players and successfully assisted 2,118 of these.
There were a total of 118 suspicious sports betting alerts were sent to the gaming industry in the six-month period and the MGA received 12 new suspicious betting reports through the Suspicious Betting Reporting Mechanism.
The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit, meanwhile, imposed administrative penalties on three licensees based on violations discovered during examinations carried out in previous years, amounting to €599,420.
