illegal gambling
Unibet Operator Fined $60,000 for Illegal Advertising
SYDNEY, Australia (May 23, 2023) — Wagering company Betchoice, trading as Unibet, has been convicted and ordered to pay fines of $60,000 plus costs for offering illegal gambling inducements t...
ACMA Takes Action Against Illegal ‘Skins’ Gambling Site
AUSTRALIA (May 17, 2023) — Online gaming company Feral Holdings Limited has been given a formal warning and its CS:GO Roll website has been withdrawn from Australia after the company was fou...
Coljuegos and the Mayor’s Office Combine to Rid Santiago de Cali of Illegal Gambling Establishments
Coljuegos (regulatory entity) has been working diligently in the capital of Valle del Cauca, where in recent months it has carried out close to 16 operations with the police authorities in illegal ...
Swedish Government Urges Strengthened Cooperation Between Spelinspektionen and Finansinspektionen to Counter Illegal Gambling
Strängnäs, Sweden (May 5, 2023) — The work to ensure a healthy and safe gambling market and the fight against illegal gambling is of the highest priority for Spelinspektionen, the Swedish G...
Betfair Receives a Warning and Penalty Fee for Unauthorized Betting
Strängnäs, Sweden (April 27, 2023) — Betfair International plc (Betfair) has on several occasions offered betting on the U21 Allsvenskan to Swedish customers, which is not permitted. Bett...
More Consumer Protection Through Successful Combating of Illegal Gambling Offers
Provider of the game principle “Daily Fantasy Sport” discontinues offer after hearing by GGL Halle (Saale) Germany (April 28, 2023) — The GGL expressly points out once again that...
Administrative Court Confirms TV “Competitions” were Illegal Games of Chance
Halle (Saale) Germany (April 13, 2023) — At the end of March, the GGL achieved success in the prohibition proceedings against the illegal gambling offer on a website of a large private televi...
Blocking Illegal Gambling Sites Will Prevent Gambling Problems
OSLO, Norway (April 13, 2023) — The Norwegian Government is in favour of DNS blocking the websites of illegal gambling companies. – This will protect Norwegian players, says Henrik Nord...
Declaration of Gambling Regulators on Their Concerns Regarding Illegal Operators
Our authorities are committed to providing a high level of protection to consumers by promoting a safe gambling environment. Although each member has a different regulatory framework, we share comm...
Dutch Gaming Authority Issues Cease and Desist Order on Winning Poker Network
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (March 27, 2023) — The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) determined in September 2022 that Winning Poker Network gave the opportunity to participate in illegal games of cha...
Chilean Association Of Gaming Casinos Calls for Illegal Online Betting Houses to be Regulated
CHILE (March 27, 2023) — According to local media reports a real change in direction was the determination adopted by the Internal Revenue Service (SII), after declaring foreign online bettin...
Coljuegos Led the “Second Regional Meeting to Fight Illegality in Games of Luck and Chance”, in Barranquilla
In 2022, the Illegal Operations Control Management withdrew a total of 1,811 items of luck and chance. In addition, the previous year, Coljuegos, the National Police Cyber Center and the ICT ...
Online Casinos Based Offshore are Illegally Targeting Australians on Facebook. Who is Responsible?
SYDNEY, Australia (March 21, 2023) — An online casino based in the Caribbean has been caught out illegally targeting Australians using Facebook ads, but according to a local media outlet the ...
Kentucky Bans Unregulated “Skill” Games
Washington, DC (March 16, 2023) — Today, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed HB594 into law, officially banning unregulated “skill” games throughout the Bluegrass State and notching a...
French Gaming Regulator Publishes the List of Sites That Have Been the Subject of a Blocking and Delisting Order
PARIS, France (March 15, 2023) — The fight against the illegal offer of gambling is a priority and constant concern of the National Gaming Authority. For the past year, the ANJ has had a new ...
More Illegal Offshore Gambling and Affiliate-Marketing Websites Blocked
Commonwealth of Australia (March 15, 2023) — The ACMA has requested that Australian internet service providers (ISPs) block more illegal offshore gambling websites and affiliate-marketing we...
Dutch Gaming Authority Impose an Order Subject to Periodic Penalty Payments on Gammix Limited
The Hague, Netherlands ((March 9, 2023) — On 22 June 2022, the Gaming Authority (Ksa) imposed an order subject to periodic penalty payments on Gammix Limited of EUR 1,470,000 per week with a ...
Territory’s Illegal Lotteries Are Not Enforceable, Minister Says
Nunavut, Canada (March 6, 2023) — The government of the Canadian Territory of Nunavut says it doesn’t have the means to clamp down on illegal lotteries in the territory. CBC News repor...
During 1H FY2022/23 Kansspelautoriteit Imposed Fines Totalling More Than 26 Million Euros for Illegally Offering Online Games of Chance
The HAGUE, Netherlands (March 3, 2023) — At the end of December 2022, the Gaming Authority (Ksa) imposed fines totalling more than 26 million euros on 5 parties that illegally (without the re...
Police Cut Electricity Supply to 14 Premises in Perak Selling Illegal Lottery Tickets
MANJUNG, Malaysia (March 4, 2023) — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has revealed that it had cut the electricity supply to a total of 14 premises in Perak caught selling illegal lottery tick...
Government to Strengthen Regulations in March to Combat Illegal Betting Sites that do Not Pay Taxes
CHILE (February 20, 2023) — Games of chance in Chile are illegal, except for those that are expressly authorized by law, such as those administered by La Polla, the Concepción Lottery, racet...
