Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency director Roberto Alesse said the agency blocked 1,038 gambling websites in 2025, 317 more than in 2024. He also reported that authorities inspected almost 23,000 gambling venues, compared with about 19,000 the previous year, while sanctions fell from about 3,300 to about 2,600.
ADM’s figures show increased website blocking and venue inspections alongside fewer sanctions.
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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 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.
Belgium's KSC lists 230bet.com, booms.bet and Igo.bet with decision dates of 15 October 2026 on its blocked gambling website register. The regulator says it removes defunct or inaccessible sites only after at least five years on the list.
Belgium's KSC lists six websites with decision dates of 15 October 2026: 30bet.com, booms.bet, Igo.bet, chacha.bet, pro.kalshi.com and kalshi.com, under reference numbers 1022 to 1017.
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.