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Finnish police board indicates €25,000 penalty for Jethro Rostedt

Enforcement & compliance

Finland’s National Police Board indicated that Jethro Rostedt still faced a €25,000 penalty over gambling promotions on Twitch, according to the report. The board said some recordings had been removed and new uploads had stopped, but older clips remained accessible. Rostedt denied acting as a gambling partner or advertiser and rejected the proposed fine.

The case concerns enforcement of Finland’s restrictions on gambling promotion through livestreaming content.

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Telegram betting channels continue promotions despite Brazil ban

A media investigation found 87 domains offering betting and withdrawals across six Telegram channels, a month after Brazil’s provisional measure prohibited betting platforms. The channels had more than 43 mil subscriptions, and none of the domains ended in .bet.br; the Finance Ministry’s Secretariat of Prizes and Betting said it had blocked more than 47 mil illegal sites since the measure was issued.

Betting channels on Telegram are still advertising games and referral bonuses in Brazil, a month after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a provisional measure banning betting platforms, Metrópoles reported. Its investigation found 87 distinct domains advertised in six channels with more than 43 mil subscriptions combined. None of the 87 domains had the ending that had identified federally authorised platforms before the ban.

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