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the effect of the criminality has been; that, he said, was the “real mischief”. Having been shown footage of a 12-year-old boy gambling on the website, the Judge described what he had seen as “horrific”, adding that the video had “hit home to me how serious this is” (one 14-year-old boy lost £586 in a day).


camera: “You don’t have to be 18 for this, because this is a virtual currency.” It’s also claimed that Douglas faked his wins in order to make the site seem more appealing. The pair reportedly made £96,000 in profit from


the website, but with 1.4 million subscribers their YouTube channel will also have been pulling in substantial advertising money on top of that. FutGalaxy.com offered gambling products including sports betting, a jackpot lottery style game, and a higher or lower style game. The full extent of the gambling operation facilitated and advertised by the defendants was revealed after the Commission executed search warrants at the defendants’ homes and


Douglas also made YouTube videos showing himself winning thousands of pounds on the site, without revealing that he was the owner, and encouraging his subscribers – including children – to use it. During the opening of the case, the court was shown a video of Douglas from his YouTube channel saying to the


seized a number of electronic devices and company documents. Given the nature of the products offered by


FutGalaxy.com the Commission was particularly concerned about its popularity amongst, and use by, children and young persons.


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