Costa Rica’s Junta de Protección Social (JPS) warned that online gambling sites are using its name, logos and colours without authorisation. The institution said the sites may expose users’ personal information and money to fraud, and urged people to use only its authorised sales channels.
The warning alerts lottery users to potential fraud and identifies the JPS’s authorised channels for its products.
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Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) updated its list of sites unauthorised to offer gambling, adding 86 domains. The source gives conflicting 2026 totals: 1,154 in the headline and 1,514 in the text; it also says two Stanleybet-linked sites became accessible again because they carried corporate content. ADM said its monitoring office would block portals used by offshore operators to attract Italian customers within a few days.
Italy's ADM has added 86 blocked domains to its list of sites unauthorised to offer gambling in the country.
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.
It was reported that ADM ordered restrictions on another 190 unauthorised betting and gaming sites. The update brought the blocked-domain total to 12,638 and included GiocoNews.
The Federal District and Territories Public Prosecutor’s Office identified ten additional websites offering the Airplane Game without federal authorisation and kept its civil inquiry open, according to the prosecutor’s order described in the report. Prosecutors said the inquiry examines whether the game’s creator supplies both authorised and illicit platforms; they ordered the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting to receive evidence of the sites.
Switzerland’s Federal Gaming Board published an updated list of 459 unauthorised gaming sites on 26 May 2026, according to the report. The sites mainly offer casino games, poker and betting, and internet service providers are tasked with blocking access. The report says Swiss players are not punishable for using online casino sites without a concession.