Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) blocked 721 online gambling websites without the required authorisation in 2024, compared with 490 in 2023. The agency also reported 4,579 sanctions and €95.82 million in taxes assessed for the year, according to its 2024 Blue Book.
ADM’s figures show enforcement activity against unauthorised websites alongside sanctions and taxes assessed.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | ADM reports 44% increase in illegal gambling site blocks | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 3,000 | Treviso authorities seize 18 gambling machines | Not stated | |
| Polymarket | Not stated | Czech Finance Ministry lists Polymarket as unauthorised gambling platform | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 66,000 | Italian police seize six unauthorised gaming machines in Naples | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 253,000 | ADM and Guardia di Finanza seize 24 gaming machines in Taranto | Not stated |
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Malaysia’s MCMC removed 724,879 online gambling-related items from 1 January 2025 to 31 October 2026, Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching said. The figure represented 98% of 738,372 takedown requests; MCMC also worked with service providers and enforcement agencies to block 2,603 sites. From January to July 2026, it blocked 573 gambling websites and removed 253,424 items.
ANJL challenged the Brazilian government's blocking of regulated betting websites and social channels on Tuesday. The association questioned the legal basis for requiring operators to use their infrastructure to redirect websites to a government address. ANJL said its LegitBet system recorded 30.282 active, accessible illegal betting links.
Brazil's National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) has challenged the federal government's blocking of regulated betting operators' websites and social channels, the association said. The blocks were applied in the early hours of Tuesday 6 October, and operators' sites were redirected to the address brasilsembets.gov.br. ANJL said it sent a letter on Monday 5 October to the National Secretariat for Digital Rights (Sedigi), the National Secretariat for Public Security (Senasp) and the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) requesting reconsideration and urgent clarification of the measure, and that it had received no response.
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