This map counts real cases of gambling law being applied: a regulator's fine, a court ruling, an order to block a website, a warning sent to named media or influencers. Each case links to the regulator's or court's own page.
A circle shows how many cases we have recorded for a country, not how strict its law is. A country without a circle may still enforce its law; we add cases as we read their official pages.
Every case quotes the decision in its original language. Companies are named as the decision names them, and private people are never named.
Two people were convicted by final court judgments in a case of banned gambling advertising commissioned through an affiliate platform, which paid publishers to advertise foreign online casinos. The court ordered forfeiture of all their gains and imposed fines; more than PLN 5 million went to the state budget, the National Revenue Administration reported.
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Krajowa Administracja Skarbowa(Poland's National Revenue Administration (KAS))
On 15 October 2026 the commission decided to add six websites to its list of illegal gambling sites blocked by the commission: 30bet.com, booms.bet, Igo.bet, chacha.bet, pro.kalshi.com and kalshi.com.
The agency ordered all internet access providers to block 381 more gambling sites by 29 October 2026, adding them to its list of 23 September 2026. The same order restored access to one site, www.casino.net.
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Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli(Italy's customs and monopolies agency, the gambling regulator)
Con la presente nota, che costituisce, ai sensi dell’art.102, comma 1, del D.L. 14 agosto 2020, n. 104, convertito in legge 13 ottobre 2020, n. 126, ordine di rimozione delle iniziative di chiunque offra o pubblicizzi prodotti o servizi secondo modalità non conformi a quelle definite dalle norme vigenti, si dispone, ad integrazione dell’elenco del 23 settembre 2026, l’inibizione di n. 381 nuovi siti internet
l’inibizione dei nuovi siti internet – da realizzarsi attraverso il reindirizzamento verso l’indirizzo https://sito-inibito-giochi.adm.gov.it – e il ripristino della connessione alla rete internet dei siti sopraindicati dovranno avvenire perentoriamente entro e non oltre il 29 ottobre 2026.
Michigan:The board sent cease-and-desist letters to 33 offshore gambling operators that offered online casino games, sweepstakes-style games or sports betting to Michigan residents without a state licence. The letters went to the operators of sites including Azartzona Casino, Basepoker, mBit Casino and Stardust.
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Michigan Gaming Control Board(Michigan's gambling regulator)
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has issued cease-and-desist letters to 33 offshore gambling operators found to be illegally offering online casino games, sweepstakes-style games, and sports betting to Michigan residents.
MGCB investigations determined each was offering casino-style games, sweepstakes-style games, or sports betting to Michigan residents without a state license.
By 29 September 2026 the Ministry of Justice and Public Security and the Ministry of Finance had asked for 5,209 betting domains to be taken down under Provisional Measure 1.394/2026. Anatel, the telecoms agency, ordered 2,387 of them taken down.
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Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública(Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security)
Até esta terça-feira (29), foi solicitada a derrubada de 5.209 domínios relacionados à exploração de apostas, sendo 1.386 indicados pela Secretaria Nacional de Direitos Digitais (Sedigi/MJSP) e 3.823 pela Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas (SPA), do Ministério da Fazenda.
Desse total, a Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel) determinou a derrubada de 2.387 domínios relacionados à exploração de apostas.
The Ministry of Finance warned influencers that only online gambling licensed by the Ministry may be offered and promoted in Czechia, and that promoting an unlicensed online casino or betting platform is unlawful whether or not the influencer is paid. It gave links, promo codes, giveaways and showing wins as examples.
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Ministerstvo financí České republiky(the Czech Ministry of Finance)
V České republice se mohou nabízet a propagovat pouze takové online hazardní hry, které mají platnou licenci vydanou Ministerstvem financí.
Nejčastěji se lze s nelegální reklamou na hazardní hry setkat prostřednictvím tzv. session videí, na kterých influencer hraje na nelegální platformě a zároveň i toto hraní komentuje a tím i propaguje.
The Department of Internal Affairs suspended the operator's licence of the class 4 gambling society One Foundation for six days. It found accounting failures relating to gambling proceeds and a failure to surrender a licence for one of its pokies venues when required by law.
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Department of Internal Affairs | Te Tari Taiwhenua(New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs, the gambling regulator)
The investigation has also resulted in formal enforcement action against class 4 gambling society One Foundation.
The Department issued a six-day suspension of One Foundation's operator's licence after identifying accounting failures relating to gambling proceeds and a failure to surrender a licence for one of its pokies venues when required by law.
On 24 August 2026 the Regional Administrative Court allowed binding instructions to internet providers and/or financial institutions against polymarket.com, run by Adventure One QSS, Inc. The gambling authority lists the site among illegal gambling operators.
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Regionų administracinis teismas(the Regional Administrative Court)
„Adventure One QSS, Inc.“ polymarket.com [email protected] Regionų administracinio teismo 2026 m. rugpjūčio 24 d. nutartis administracinėje byloje Nr. eS-17030-983/2026
Teismo, kuris išdavė leidimą duoti privalomą nurodymą tinklo paslaugų teikėjui ir/ar finansų institucijai, pavadinimas, nutarties priėmimo data, numeris
Coljuegos fined a content creator 116 million Colombian pesos for running a promotional game on Instagram without authorisation, and barred the person from operating games of chance for five years. The fine equals 100 monthly minimum wages at the 2023 rate; the decision can be appealed.
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Empresa Industrial y Comercial del Estado Administradora del Monopolio Rentístico de los Juegos de Suerte y Azar(Coljuegos, Colombia's state gambling company and regulator)
Dicha sanción fue impuesta tras acreditar la operación y comercialización de un juego promocional dirigido al público a través de la red social Instagram, todo ello sin contar con la autorización correspondiente.
La sanción fue liquidada en el equivalente a 100 salarios mínimos legales mensuales vigentes de 2023, cuando el salario mínimo era de $1.160.000, para un total de $116.000.000.
After 5 of Evolution Malta Holding Limited's games were found on 6 websites run by 2 operators without a Gambling Commission licence but reachable from Great Britain, a licence review found failings in its anti-money-laundering controls. Under a settlement it will pay £4,750,000 in lieu of a financial penalty.
A licence review under section 116 of the Act was commenced following concerns that 5 of Evolution’s genuine games had been found on 6 websites, operated by 2 operators (the “Websites”) who were unlicensed by the Gambling Commission, yet accessible at scale to consumers in Great Britain (GB).
Evolution will make a total payment in lieu of a financial penalty of £4,750,000.
MINCETUR, through its gambling directorate and with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, blocked 36 remote gaming and sports betting platforms that offered services to users in Peru without authorisation. It said the action applied Law 31557, which regulates remote gaming and betting.
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Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo(Peru's Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR))
El Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Mincetur), a través de la Dirección General de Juegos de Casino y Máquinas Tragamonedas, bloqueó 36 plataformas tecnológicas de juegos a distancia y apuestas deportivas que ofrecían servicios a usuarios peruanos sin la respectiva autorización.
Esta acción fue ejecutada por el Mincetur, a través de la Dirección General de Juegos de Casino y Máquinas Tragamonedas (DGJCMT), en coordinación con el Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones (MTC) con el objetivo de dar cumplimiento a la Ley N.° 31557, que regula la explotación de esa actividad.
The authority's president ordered French internet access providers to block Polymarket, run by Adventure One QSS Inc., because the site promotes an illegal gambling offer. After an earlier formal notice the company had geoblocked financial transactions from France, but this was circumvented in practice.
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Autorité nationale des jeux(France's national gambling authority (ANJ))
Le 16 juillet 2026, le président de l’Autorité nationale des jeux a ordonné aux fournisseurs d’accès à Internet français de bloquer l’accès au site Polymarket.
En effet, ce site, aux audiences particulièrement élevées, fait la promotion d’une offre illégale de jeux d’argent et de hasard.
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security asked Google and Apple for further explanations of how they keep children and adolescents away from betting apps in their app stores. The requests cover checking the apps against the official list of operators authorised by the Ministry of Finance's betting secretariat; the proceedings carry no sanction.
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Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública(Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security)
A Secretaria Nacional de Direitos Digitais (Sedigi) e a Secretaria Nacional do Consumidor (Senacon), do Ministério da Justiça e Segurança Pública (MJSP), solicitaram, na segunda-feira (13), esclarecimentos complementares às empresas Google e Apple sobre as medidas adotadas para restringir o acesso de crianças e adolescentes a aplicativos de apostas disponibilizados em suas lojas de aplicativos.
As requisições complementares tratam da verificação ativa e automatizada da correspondência entre os aplicativos disponibilizados e a lista oficial de operadoras autorizadas pela Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas do Ministério da Fazenda (SPA/MF), bem como dos mecanismos permanentes de monitoramento de aplicativos que permaneçam disponíveis após a suspensão, a revogação ou a expiração da autorização.
The sanctions committee fined a licensed online gambling operator €500,000; the published decision calls it only société X. It found the operator had failed to identify 29 players at the highest level of risk of excessive or pathological gambling, and to give 25 of them sufficient support.
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Commission des sanctions de l'Autorité nationale des jeux(the sanctions committee of France's national gambling authority (ANJ))
Il est prononcé à l’encontre de la société X une sanction pécuniaire d’un montant de 500 000 (cinq cent mille) euros.
Il résulte de l’instruction, et en particulier du procès-verbal de manquement du 20 novembre 2025, que la société X a manqué à son obligation d’identifier au plus haut niveau de risque de jeu excessif ou pathologique les vingt-neuf joueurs retenus par la notification de grief
On 8 July 2026 the court at Frederiksberg agreed with Spillemyndigheden that Danish telecoms providers must block 98 websites that offered illegal gambling to Danes. Spillemyndigheden counts 870 illegal gambling sites blocked since 2012.
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Retten på Frederiksberg(the District Court of Frederiksberg)
Den 8. juli gav retten på Frederiksberg Spillemyndigheden medhold i at blokere 98 hjemmesider, der udbød ulovligt spil til danskerne.
Blokering af siderne foregår gennem retten, der vurderer, hvorvidt de skal blokeres, og nu har retten på Frederiksberg givet Spillemyndigheden medhold i, at danske teleudbydere skal blokere 98 spilsider.
The Federal Court ordered A$24.24 million in penalties on providers and promoters of prohibited online poker services run as PPPfish, Shuffle Gaming and Redraw Poker, including A$15 million on Brisbane Poker Pty Ltd. The ACMA had brought the proceedings in April 2022 under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001.
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Federal Court of Australia(the Federal Court of Australia)
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) welcomes today’s Federal Court orders imposing $24.24 million in penalties on providers and promoters of prohibited online poker services operated under the names PPPfish, Shuffle Gaming and Redraw Poker.
The Court found that the services allowed members of the public to play online poker against other players using virtual chips that could be purchased and sold for real money.
A man was sentenced to 6 months' community detention and 250 hours' community work for running an unlawful Facebook lottery that generated over NZ$11 million in a year. The Department of Internal Affairs, which prosecuted, called it the first prosecution of an online illegal lottery in New Zealand.
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Christchurch District Court(the District Court in Christchurch)
This is the first prosecution of an online illegal lottery in New Zealand.
Today's sentence should serve as a warning for businesses considering promotions involving prizes and payments, about the importance of understanding and complying with gambling law
Between March and June 2026 the secretariat of Indecopi's unfair competition commission opened 13 preliminary investigations into betting and remote gaming advertising by influencers. It is checking whether the promoted platforms hold a MINCETUR authorisation and whether the advertising follows the rules; proceedings could end in fines of up to 700 UIT.
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Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual(Indecopi, Peru's consumer protection and competition authority)
En el marco de las acciones de supervisión que realiza de manera permanente, la Secretaría Técnica de la Comisión de Fiscalización de la Competencia Desleal (CCD) ha iniciado, entre marzo y junio de 2026, un total de 13 investigaciones preliminares por la difusión de publicidad de plataformas de apuestas y juegos a distancia realizada por influencers en entornos digitales.
Como parte de estas investigaciones, se viene verificando si las plataformas promocionadas cuentan con autorización para operar en el Perú, la cual es otorgada por el Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo, así como el cumplimiento de las disposiciones aplicables a su publicidad.
ACR Teknik accepted a fine of DKK 20,000 on 15 June 2026 for promoting a gambling operator without a licence. Its website www.altomteknik.dk had carried an article with a link to GG.bet, which has no licence to offer gambling in Denmark.
Virksomheden ACR Teknik har den 15. juni 2026 vedtaget en bøde på 20.000 kr. for overtrædelse af spillelovens § 59, stk. 2, jf. § 61.
ACR Teknik bragte på sin hjemmeside www.altomteknik.dk en artikel med et link til spiludbyderen GG.bet, som ikke har tilladelse til at udbyde pengespil i Danmark.
The regulator fined Make Money Now, the company behind the 'Zona Gemelos' online streams, €10,000 for promoting gambling operators without a Spanish licence.
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Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego(Spain's gambling regulator)
Make Money Now S.A, la empresa que está detrás de los creadores de contenido conocidos como 'Zona Gemelos', ha sido sancionada con 10.000 euros por promocionar un operador de juego sin licencia en España
Los hechos imputados a esta empresa consisten en la promoción de operadores de juego sin licencia en España
The authority set a coercive fine of €250,000 to enforce its order banning a rapper from advertising illegal online gambling, and served it at one of his club concerts in Wiesbaden. He had streamed himself playing on unlicensed gambling sites and published the videos on his social media channels.
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Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder(Germany's joint gambling authority of the 16 states)
Zur Durchsetzung der Untersagungsverfügung setzte die GGL ein Zwangsgeld in Höhe von 250.000 € fest und konnte diese Festsetzung im Rahmen eines Club-Konzertes des Rappers am vergangenen Wochenende in Wiesbaden mit Hilfe des zuständigen Polizeipräsidiums Westhessen zustellen.
Nach Erkenntnissen der GGL filmte sich der Rapper dabei, wie er an unerlaubten Online-Glücksspielangeboten teilnimmt, und verbreitete diese Aufnahmen in Livestreams und stellte sie auf seinen Kanälen auch als Videos zur Verfügung.
Indecopi imposed fines totalling 7.34 UIT (S/40,370) on Nexlot for deceptive advertising of its 'Torito Mega Millions' lottery, and ordered the advertising to stop. The product bought tickets in a foreign lottery for its users, which the advertising did not make clear; the ruling was the second and last administrative instance.
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Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual(Indecopi, Peru's consumer protection and competition authority)
En segunda instancia administrativa, el Indecopi sancionó a la empresa Nexlot S. A. C. con multas que suman 7.34 UIT (S/40 370) por incurrir en actos de engaño al promocionar su lotería "Torito Mega Millions".
Cabe señalar que este pronunciamiento corresponde a la segunda y última instancia administrativa del Indecopi.
New Jersey:The court upheld a preliminary injunction that stops New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement from enforcing state gambling law against KalshiEX LLC's sports-related event contracts. It held that Kalshi had a reasonable chance of showing that the federal Commodity Exchange Act preempts state law for contracts on exchanges licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit(the US federal appeals court for the Third Circuit)
Because Kalshi has demonstrated a reasonable chance of success on its argument that the Commodity Exchange Act ("the Act") preempts otherwise applicable state law, we will affirm.
We hold that both field and conflict preemption apply.
The court rejected Flashback Media Group AB's appeal in its case against Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority. It found that the banner ads at issue were pure advertising, so the rules of the Gambling Act could be applied.
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Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping(the Administrative Court in Linköping)
Förvaltningsrätten konstaterar att de så kallade reklambanners det här är fråga om är ren annonsering, och att spellagens bestämmelser således kan tillämpas.
The Supreme Court upheld a 2024 fine on the broadcaster Teleradiokompaniia Lux for outdoor advertising that showed a gambling organiser's brand. It held that stating a gambling organiser's brand or trademark counts as advertising and falls under the restrictions of the Law on Advertising.
Верховний Суд у справі № 320/33758/24 підтримав позицію державного агентства PlayCity щодо заборони розміщення реклами азартних ігор у форматі зовнішньої реклами.
Суд дійшов висновку, що зазначення бренду або торговельної марки організатора азартних ігор вважається рекламою та підпадає під обмеження, встановлені ЗУ «Про рекламу».
Tabcorp Holdings Limited paid a A$158,400 penalty after an ACMA investigation found it accepted 426 online in-play bets on 32 tennis matches between February 2024 and June 2025. Online in-play betting is prohibited under the Interactive Gambling Act 2001, and Tabcorp also entered into an enforceable undertaking.
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Australian Communications and Media Authority(Australia's media and online gambling regulator, the ACMA)
Tabcorp Holdings Limited (Tabcorp) has paid a $158,400 penalty for taking online in-play sports bets, which is illegal in Australia.
An Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found Tabcorp accepted 426 in-play bets across 32 tennis matches between February 2024 and June 2025.
In the second quarter of 2026 the regulator sent 95 notices telling illegal online gambling operators to stop their activity in Portugal, and notified network providers to block 113 websites of illegal operators. Since 29 June 2015 the totals were 1,834 notices and 3,043 websites.
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Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos(Portugal's gambling regulator (part of Turismo de Portugal))
para encerrarem a sua atividade em Portugal (95 durante o 2º trimestre de 2026) e procedeu-se à notificação aos prestadores intermediários de serviços em rede para o bloqueio de 3 043 sítios na Internet de operadores ilegais (113 no trimestre em análise).
113 Sites notificados para bloqueio
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2025
Czech RepublicNotice of intended decisionProposed, not final
The Ministry of Finance gave notice that it intends to enter websites including wazamba.cz, mostbet.cz and betonred.cz, and casino pages on thenationonlineng.net, on its list of unauthorised internet games. Site operators, payment account holders and app owners could object within 15 days.
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Ministerstvo financí České republiky(the Czech Ministry of Finance)
ve spojení s § 84e odst. 1 ZHH tímto sděluje, že hodlá zapsat následující údaje na Seznam nepovolených internetových her.
Proti zápisu nebo opravě údaje na seznam nepovolených internetových her může provozovatel dotčených stránek, majitel dotčeného platebního účtu nebo vlastník dotčené aplikace uplatnit u ministerstva do 15 dnů ode dne vyvěšení tohoto sdělení na úřední desce námitku.
The authority approved Winamax's promotional strategy for 2026 only on conditions. Winamax must cut its marketing budget significantly, stay within its declared overall budget, and keep minors' exposure to its advertising as low as possible, especially through influencers and social networks.
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Autorité nationale des jeux(France's national gambling authority (ANJ))
L’Autorité nationale des jeux approuve la stratégie promotionnelle de la société WINAMAX pour l’année 2026, sous réserve du respect des conditions énoncées aux articles 2 à 5.
La société WINAMAX diminue de façon significative son budget alloué aux opérations marketing par rapport au montant prévisionnel […] indiqué dans sa stratégie promotionnelle pour 2026.
Brazil's betting regulator fined PIXBET SOLUÇÕES TECNOLÓGICAS LTDA R$271,522.48 for not answering on time its questions about children's football shirts showing the company's brand. On 15 December 2025 the Secretariat rejected the company's appeal and kept the fine in full.
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Secretaria de Prêmios e Apostas do Ministério da Fazenda(the Ministry of Finance's Secretariat of Prizes and Betting, Brazil's betting regulator)
que aplicou penalidade de multa no valor de R$ 271.522,48 (duzentos e setenta e um mil e quinhentos e vinte e dois reais e quarenta e oito centavos), em razão do descumprimento das normas regulamentares ao não apresentar tempestivamente os esclarecimentos solicitados pelo órgão competente
À vista de todo o exposto, INDEFIRO o recurso administrativo, mantendo-se integralmente a Decisão nº 24/2025 e a penalidade nela definida, com prosseguimento regular do feito para cumprimento das determinações e adoção das providências cabíveis em caso de inadimplemento.
Over six months the regulator fined 14 bloggers, websites and media a total of ₴67.2 million for illegal casino advertising, the Ministry of Digital Transformation reported.
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Державне агентство України ПлейСіті(Ukraine's gambling regulator, PlayCity)
A man who ran an illegal gambling business on WhatsApp was given a 30-week suspended jail sentence and 200 hours of community service, and ordered to pay £230,000 compensation and £60,000 of the Gambling Commission's costs. He had admitted providing gambling without an operating licence and advertising unlawful gambling.
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Birmingham Magistrates' Court(the magistrates' court in Birmingham)
A man who ran an illegal WhatsApp gambling business and failed to pay a customer’s £269,000 account balance has received a 30 week suspended jail sentence and a 200 hour community service order.
Reviewing a 2025 emergency tax decree, the court struck down the paragraph that required Coljuegos to order internet providers directly to block unauthorised gambling sites. It found the measure unnecessary because the 2001 gambling law already gives Coljuegos the power to order such blocks.
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Corte Constitucional(the Constitutional Court of Colombia)
Declarar INEXEQUIBLE el parágrafo 5 del artículo 1 del Decreto 175 de 2025, por las razones expuestas en esta providencia.
Así, el hecho de que en el ordenamiento exista la facultad para hacer lo plasmado en el primer inciso del parágrafo 5 del artículo 1 del Decreto 175 de 2025, hace evidente la falta de necesidad de la medida, y la no superación del juicio.
Massachusetts:The commission fined Penn Sports Interactive, which runs ESPNBet, $15,000 because an ESPN employee called a wager a 'risk free investment' on the ESPN College Game Day programme in March 2024. It held the operator responsible because its sports wagering advertising rules make operators answer for advertising done on their behalf by third parties.
As a result of the aforementioned regulatory violations, the Commission hereby fines PSI d/b/a ESPNBet $15,000.
The Commission finds PSI d/b/a ESPNBet violated 205 CMR 256.01(1), 205 CMR 256.02(1), 205 CMR 256.04(1), 205 CMR 256.04(6)(a), 205 CMR 256.04(6)(c) and 205 CMR 256.04(6)(d), by the use of the prohibited phrase "risk free investment" by an ESPN Employee referring to a sports wager during an airing of the ESPN College Game Day program on March 24, 2024.
PAGCOR ordered all its licensees, suppliers, system administrators and gaming venue operators to take down billboards and other out-of-home gambling advertisements, including those on trains, buses, jeepneys and taxis, by 15 August 2025. Only institutional or responsible gaming campaigns approved by PAGCOR are to be permitted.
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Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation(PAGCOR, the Philippine gambling regulator and state casino operator)
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has ordered the immediate dismantling of all billboards and out-of-home (OOH) gambling advertisements in its intensified efforts to regulate gambling-related promotions in public spaces.
In a memorandum issued on July 7, PAGCOR directed all licensees, suppliers, system administrators, and gaming venue operators to take down gambling ad materials, including those displayed on trains, buses, jeepneys, and taxis.
The ACMA warned social media influencers that promoting illegal online gambling services to Australians breaks the law, after seeing influencers promote illegal online casinos on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. It said individual influencers face civil penalties of up to A$59,400, and up to A$2,475,000 for facilitating access, such as by giving hyperlinks.
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Australian Communications and Media Authority(Australia's media and online gambling regulator, the ACMA)
After the white-label operator TGP Europe surrendered its licence, the Commission contacted AFC Bournemouth, Fulham FC, Newcastle United FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Burnley FC about the risks of promoting unlicensed gambling websites. Its letter warned that club officers may be prosecuted if they promote unlicensed gambling businesses that transact with consumers in Great Britain.
The Commission yesterday contacted AFC Bournemouth, Fulham FC, Newcastle United FC, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC and Burnley FC warning of the risks of promoting unlicensed gambling websites.
The letter warns that club officers may be liable to prosecution and, if convicted, face a fine, imprisonment or both if they promote unlicensed gambling businesses that transact with consumers in Great Britain.
Ontario:The AGCO contacted more than a dozen traditional and digital media platforms and asked them to stop promoting unregulated gambling and betting sites such as Bodog to Ontario residents, and to remove the ads. It said such sites must register with the AGCO and sign an operating agreement with iGaming Ontario.
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Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario(Ontario's alcohol and gaming regulator (AGCO))
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has contacted more than a dozen traditional and digital media platforms, calling on them to stop promoting unregulated online gambling and sports betting sites like Bodog to Ontario residents.
The AGCO is therefore calling on these platforms to take a stand against the promotion of unregulated online gambling sites and remove the ads.
The authority wrote to twelve Norwegian media groups that articles, news reports and commentary on unlicensed gambling will rarely fall under the marketing ban. Publishing links to and logos of unlicensed gambling companies does fall under it.
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Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet(the Norwegian Gambling and Foundation Authority)
Redaksjonell omtale av pengespill som ikke har tillatelse etter loven, herunder artikler, nyhetsmeldinger og kronikker, vil for eksempel sjelden rammes av lovens forbud.
I praksis er det klarlagt at markedsføringsforbudet omfatter publisering av lenker og logo til slike pengespillselskaper.
The Supreme Court ruled that barangays may hold bingo fundraisers for barangay projects without a permit from PAGCOR or any other national or local agency. It found that the PAGCOR Charter excludes games of chance authorised and regulated by local government units.
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Supreme Court of the Philippines(the Supreme Court of the Philippines)
The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that barangays have the authority to hold bingo fundraisers without needing permits from any national or local government agency.
Here, the barangays’ resolutions authorizing bingo as a fundraiser were within their powers and outside PAGCOR’s regulatory authority.
Ontario:The AGCO served BetMGM Canada with a monetary penalty of C$110,000 after marketing companies working for it offered cash to members of the public in 2024 for opening new accounts. Its standards ban gambling inducements in broad public advertising and make operators answer for their third-party suppliers.
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Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario(Ontario's alcohol and gaming regulator (AGCO))
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has served BetMGM Canada Inc. with an Order of Monetary Penalty (OMP) of $110,000 for violations of the Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming
In two separate incidents in 2024, BetMGM engaged marketing companies who offered cash to members of the public in return for opening new BetMGM accounts.
The authority contacted 42 newsrooms in person about news articles that promoted illegal gambling, and asked them to remove links to advertisers and providers of illegal gambling at once, which was done.
The regulator fined GG Group Media SA €500,000 for promoting or facilitating gambling from Spain through its website apuestas.guru, which advertised operators without a Spanish licence.
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Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego(Spain's gambling regulator)
Imponer a GG GROUP MEDIA SA, la sanción de MULTA de 500.000 (QUINIENTOS MIL) euros, como consecuencia de una infracción tipificada como grave en el artículo 40.ñ) de la Ley de Regulación del Juego
comprobar las actividades publicitarias de operadores sin título habilitante que se habían detectado en la página web https://apuestas.guru/
The authority fined the casino operator Marina Bay Sands S$100,000 for failing to obtain its prior approval to carry out or offer casino promotions, under the Casino Control (Advertising) Regulations 2010. The penalty is listed under the authority's financial year 2025.
Authority
Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore(Singapore's gambling regulator)
Coljuegos asked the national police's cyber centre to block 289 Facebook and Instagram profiles that had run raffles, bingos or promotions, or advertised betting houses not authorised in Colombia. It said the profiles included those of individual users and of illegal betting houses such as 1XBet.
Authority
Empresa Industrial y Comercial del Estado Administradora del Monopolio Rentístico de los Juegos de Suerte y Azar(Coljuegos, Colombia's state gambling company and regulator)
La Gerencia de Control a las Operaciones Ilegales de Coljuegos solicitó al Centro Cibernético Policial el bloqueo de 289 perfiles de redes sociales como Facebook e Instagram que han realizado rifas, bingos, promocionales o publicidad a casas de apuestas no autorizadas en el país.
The court held that the National Police Board could ban Eurosport SAS from showing adverts for gambling not run by Veikkaus Oy on Eurosport 1 (Finland), broadcast from France and aimed at Finland. It set aside the Helsinki Administrative Court's annulment of the 2021 ban, which carried an €800,000 conditional fine, and returned the case to that court.
Authority
Korkein hallinto-oikeus(the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland)
Edellä esitetyn perusteella korkein hallinto-oikeus katsoo, että Poliisihallitus on voinut arpajaislain 62 a §:n 1 momentin 2 kohdan nojalla kieltää Eurosportia Suomeen suunnatulla Eurosport 1 (Finland) -televisiokanavalla esittämästä muita kuin Veikkaus Oy:n toimeenpanemia rahapelejä koskevia mainoksia.
Kiellon tehosteeksi Poliisihallitus on asettanut 800 000 euron uhkasakon.
In judgment 260.939 the Council of State held that holders of an F1 or F1+ licence cannot legally offer 'virtual bets', and that the Gaming Commission must use its control and sanction powers when it finds them offered rather than allow them through a licence. The commission said such bets may not be offered under an F1+ licence.
Authority
Conseil d'État(Belgium's Council of State, the highest administrative court)
Ces « paris virtuels » étant légalement impossibles à organiser par le titulaire d'une licence F1 ou F1+, la commission des jeux de hasard n'est pas supposée les interdire à nouveau sur la base de l'article 43/1 de la loi, mais doit exercer ses pouvoirs de contrôle et de sanction lorsqu'elle constate qu'ils sont organisés.
A la suite de cet arrêt, il n'est pas autorisé, sur la base d'une licence de classe F1+, de proposer des "paris virtuels".
In interim proceedings, the court upheld the joint gambling authority's order banning a German streamer based abroad from advertising unlicensed online gambling in Germany. He had filmed himself playing virtual slot machines and published the footage, mainly on the platform Kick; the court found his German-language content was aimed at German-speaking viewers.
Authority
Oberverwaltungsgericht des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt(the Higher Administrative Court of Saxony-Anhalt)
Im Rahmen des durch den Streamer angestrengten einstweiligen Rechtsschutzverfahrens hat das OVG Sachsen-Anhalt die Rechtmäßigkeit der Untersagungsverfügung der GGL bestätigt.
Demnach kann Streamern mit Sitz im Ausland die Werbung für unerlaubte Online-Glücksspiele bezogen auf Deutschland untersagt werden.
German
NorwayNotice of intended decisionProposed, not final
The authority gave Schnellfahrer Marketing Solutions Ltd notice of an intended order to stop offering and marketing unlicensed gambling, including on the website kapoow.com, with a proposed coercive fine of NOK 250,000 a day. The notice states that the Gambling Act applies to acts aimed at the Norwegian market.
Authority
Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet(the Norwegian Gambling and Foundation Authority)
Ontario:The AGCO required all Ontario-registered sportsbook operators to stop offering and accepting bets on World Boxing Association events, with immediate effect. It concluded that such bets did not meet its internet gaming standards, which require events to be supervised by a sport body that bans betting by insiders.
Authority
Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario(Ontario's alcohol and gaming regulator (AGCO))
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is requiring all Ontario-registered sportsbook operators to stop offering and accepting wagers on World Boxing Association (WBA) events, effective immediately.
Following an intensive review that included outreach to the WBA, Ontario-registered gaming operators, independent integrity monitors, and regulators in other jurisdictions, the AGCO has concluded that bets related to WBA events do not currently meet the Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming.
The authority fined Top Ads Ltd, a company based in Malta, €1,595,841.72 under the ban on gambling advertising, for videos on TikTok, Twitch, Twitter and Telegram and for its website spikeslot.com. The company had a contract to promote the online games of VinciTu S.r.l., which holds an Italian online gambling concession.
Authority
Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni(Italy's communications authority (AGCOM))
di pagare la sanzione amministrativa di euro 1.595.841,72 (unmilionecinquecentonovantacinquemilaottocentoquarantuno/72), al netto di ogni altro onere accessorio eventualmente dovuto per la violazione delle disposizioni contenute nell’art. 9 del decreto-legge 12 luglio 2018, n. 87, convertito con la legge 9 agosto 2018, n. 96
la società TOP ADS LTD ha stipulato un accordo commerciale con la società VINCITÙ S.r.l., soggetto titolare di concessione nazionale di gioco online giusta concessione GAD 15200, volto alla promozione e commercializzazione dei prodotti e dei servizi di gioco online
On 16 January 2024 the district court in Aalborg fined a gambling operator DKK 700,000 for breaching the Gambling Act's rules on marketing. Spillemyndigheden reported that the court had found in its favour.
The regulator fined Juegos de Azar y Servicios S.L. €500,000 for promoting or facilitating gambling from Spain through its website casinosinlicenciaespana.com, which advertised operators without a Spanish licence.
Authority
Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego(Spain's gambling regulator)
Imponer a JUEGOS DE AZAR Y SERVICIOS S.L., la sanción de MULTA de quinientos mil euros (500.000 €), como consecuencia de una infracción tipificada como grave en el artículo 40.ñ) de la Ley de Regulación del Juego
comprobar las actividades publicitarias de operadores sin título habilitante que se habían detectado en la página web https://casinosinlicenciaespana.com/
The authority suspended the gambling venue approval of SAFRA National Service Association's gaming machine rooms at six SAFRA clubs from 7 to 13 September 2024. It found the association had breached the conditions of approval by failing to conduct the required social safeguard checks.
Authority
Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore(Singapore's gambling regulator)
Concerning
Gambling operator · SAFRA National Service Association
Contravention of the conditions of approval for approved gambling venues by failing to conduct requisite social safeguard checks.
Suspension of gambling venue approval granted for Gaming Machine Rooms located at SAFRA Jurong, Punggol, Tampines, Toa Payoh, Yishun and Mount Faber for the period 7 to 13 September 2024
The authority imposed financial penalties of S$2.25 million on the casino operator Resorts World at Sentosa for failing to perform required customer due diligence checks. Between December 2016 and December 2019 the casino did not establish the identity of third parties for certain cash deposits of S$5,000 or more into patrons' accounts.
Authority
Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore(Singapore's gambling regulator)
Concerning
Gambling operator · Resorts World at Sentosa Pte. Ltd.
The Gambling Regulatory Authority (“GRA”) has imposed financial penalties amounting to S$2.25 million on RWS for failure to perform customer due diligence checks required under the Casino Control Act 2006 (“CCA”) and the Casino Control (Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing) Regulations 2009 (“PMLTF Regulations”).
When accepting these cash deposits, RWS had failed to establish the identity of the third party depositors.
The authority wrote to Norwegian media houses that editorial coverage of illegal gambling will often not breach the ban on marketing gambling without a licence.
Authority
Lotteri- og stiftelsestilsynet(the Norwegian Gambling and Foundation Authority)
Redaksjonell omtale av ulovlige pengespill vil ofte ikke utgjøre brudd på forbudet mot markedsføring og formidling av pengespill uten tillatelse for redaksjonen sin del.
The court dismissed the appeals of people convicted of running relay sites that linked users in Korea to overseas sports betting sites. The majority said that even providing a link to an overseas betting site, or simply introducing one, can amount to brokering the purchase of betting tickets.
A customs office fined the registrant of the website sazeni-online.eu, a sole trader, CZK 3,000 for advertising betting operators without a Czech permit, among them Bet365 and Bwin, through banners and links. The order set the fine at 0.06% of the CZK 5,000,000 maximum, noting a first offence.
Authority
Celní úřad pro Ústecký kraj(the customs office for the Ústí nad Labem Region)
Dle § 8a odst. 5 písm. c) zákona o regulaci reklamy celní úřad za uvedené jednání ukládá obviněné správní trest pokuty v částce 3 000 Kč (slovy třitisícekorunčeských).
Kontrolou bylo zjištěno, že na uvedené adrese se v době kontroly skutečně nacházela reklama na sázkové herny Bet365, Betonline, Bet-at-home, Bwin, Chance, Fortuna a Tipsport, a to ve formě reklamních bannerů aktivních odkazů, při jejichž prokliku byl uživatel přesměrován na internetové stránky uvedených sázkových heren, přičemž zahraniční sázkové herny Bet365, Betonline, Bet-at-home a Bwin nejsou v České republice povoleny.
The court upheld the acquittal of a company's managing director who had bought advertising space for the website betsson.com. The district court had found nothing to show that the ads promoted lottery or betting activity run in Iceland without a licence.
Í héraðsdómi sagði að ekkert væri fram komið um að með umræddum auglýsingum væri verið að kynna happdrættis- eða veðmálastarfsemi sem rekin væri hérlendis og var Þ þegar af þeirri ástæðu sýknaður.
Icelandic
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