The UK has fined bookmakers firm owner GVC £5.9m (€6.4m), after its Ladbrokes unit failed to keep track of problem gamblers.

Ladbrokes Coral has agreed to a £2.3 million penalty package in the UK for failings which saw two high-spending customers gamble away around £1.3 million of stolen money.

British bookmaker, Ladbrokes is expecting annual operating profits to fall around £20m (€28m) short of expectations, this year.