Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency ordered 381 additional websites offering unauthorised gambling to be blocked, according to a report. The report said the 2026 total had reached 1,428 sites and that the block was due by 29 October.
Operators and suppliers serving Italy face enforcement against unauthorised gambling websites and related access.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | ADM seizes seven unauthorised gaming machines in Brescia | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 148,800,000 | ADM reports €148.8m recovered from Italian gaming tax evasion in 2025 | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 50,000 | ADM seizes five unauthorised gaming terminals and issues €50,000 in fines near Padua | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | TAR Veneto upholds anti-mafia order against gaming operator | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Florence court annuls ADM sanctions over cruise-ship gaming machines | Not stated |
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Brazil’s federal government issued an interim measure signed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that orders betting sites and apps to become unavailable from 6 October and bans gambling advertising. The measure also restricts betting transactions through banks and payment services, while some rules require further regulation before full implementation.
Brazil’s justice and finance ministries said on 27 September that authorities had identified and blocked 506 sites suspected of offering illegal betting. Monitoring cited in reports recorded 428 new illegal platforms between the decree’s announcement and 27 September, while a separate count found 415 new domains and a rise in monitored unauthorised pages from 295 to 710. The decree bars fixed-odds betting and online games, with authorised operators’ sites due to become inaccessible from 6 October.
Ukraine's government accepted PlayCity chair Gennadiy Novikov's request to leave his post, he said while outlining the agency's work. During his tenure, PlayCity issued 376 licences, bringing nearly UAH2.5bn to the state budget, and blocked more than 15,600 unauthorised gambling sites, according to Novikov's account.
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security ordered 43 Telegram groups and channels promoting online betting blocked on 27 September, according to the report. The Cyber Operations Laboratory identified 212,634 members across them; authorities also found promotions for an unauthorised platform and claims of monthly returns of up to 260%.
Lithuania’s gambling regulator ordered internet service providers to block Polymarket after deeming its products illegal gambling, the regulator said. It also directed payment providers to stop transactions with the platform, following court approval of the measure.