Two prominent video gamers have been fined by a U.K. court for running a website that allowed people to bet on the soccer game FIFA. The case was the first of its kind in the country.

Craig Douglas, known on YouTube as Nepenthez, and Dylan Rigby pleaded guilty in September to the gambling offense.

The BBC reported that Douglas was hit with a 91,000 fine, while Rigby, his business partner, was ordered to pay 164,000.

Douglas has 1.4 million YouTube subscribers.

I owe a huge apology to my family and close friends for putting them through this process, and appreciate all those that stood by me, Douglas said in a Twitter statement.

Their website was called FUT Galaxy, and it used virtual currency to facilitate bets. Their company was called Game Gold Tradings Limited. Its estimated that the global market for betting on video games is worth as much as $5.2 billion.

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