Warning

Hoskin Robert Grant

By Dr. Sarah Chen · Fact-checked by Mark Sullivan, Corporate Investigations Editor

The UK Gambling Commission issued a formal Warning to Hoskin Robert Grant, a personal licence holder, on 19 March 2024. The action relates to compliance failures that occurred while he was a director for operators including Ladbrokes and LC International.

Hoskin Robert Grant enforcement action
UKGC enforcement action - March 2024

Summary

What This Means for Consumers

This action targets an individual manager, not the gambling operators directly. It shows the regulator holds senior staff accountable for compliance failures at the companies they manage.

Full Details

The Gambling Commission has issued a formal Warning to Hoskin Robert Grant, a holder of a Personal Management Licence (PML). The decision, made on 19 March 2024, follows a review of his conduct between December 2019 and October 2020. A warning is a formal entry on a licence holder's record, but it doesn't prevent them from working in the industry.

The regulator found that Hoskin Robert Grant failed to take all reasonable steps to ensure the operators he worked for complied with their licence conditions. At the time, he was the Group Director of Legal, Regulatory and Secretariat for Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Limited and LC International Limited. The specific failures related to anti-money laundering rules (Licence Condition 12.1.1) and customer interaction requirements (Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.4.1).

Key Findings

  • A formal Warning was issued to Personal Management Licence holder Hoskin Robert Grant.
  • Breaches related to anti-money laundering (Licence Condition 12.1.1) and customer interaction (SRCP 3.4.1) rules.
  • The failures occurred while he held a senior role at operators including Ladbrokes Betting and Gaming Limited and LC International Limited.
  • The regulatory action was concluded on 19 March 2024.

Timeline

Enforcement action timeline — Source: UKGC Regulatory Actions Register
Action Date 19 March 2024
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Research & Data Lead

PhD in Public Policy, London School of Economics. Member of the Royal Statistical Society. Published in the Journal of Gambling Studies and Addiction Research & Theory.

Dr. Chen holds a PhD in Public Policy from the LSE and has 8 years of experience in quantitative research, including 3 years as a Research Fellow at the Responsible Gambling Trust analysing operator self-exclusion data.