Source: Hellenic Gaming Commission
Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission published a revised 54th edition of its blacklist of unlicensed gambling providers, under a decision dated 30 October 2026. The commission says listed entities cannot obtain a licence or participate in a licensed gambling provider in Greece.
Listed entities face restrictions on licensing and participation in Greece’s regulated gambling market.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Not stated | Greece raises player gambling-win tax to 30% as illegal betting grows | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 50,000 | Greek authorities file complaints against 18 influencers over illegal gambling promotion | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 2,000,000 | HGC sets Greek gambling fines at €1,000 to €2m per infringement | Not stated | |
| Not named | Not stated | Hellenic Gaming Commission warns users about unlicensed gambling websites | Not stated | |
| Not named | EUR 2,000,000,000 | Hellenic Gaming Commission opens cases against 18 influencers over illegal betting | Not stated |
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Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission said criminal cases had been opened against 18 influencers and streamers over alleged promotion of unlicensed betting platforms. The first group includes five people with more than three million followers combined, while figures presented at an industry conference put illegal gambling participation at about 900,000 people in 2025 and annual black-market revenue at roughly €2bn.
French police are reportedly investigating suspicious bets on Polymarket linked to the latest Ballon d’Or. Twelve accounts allegedly staked over 264m euro on the order of the first five finishers, with a reported profit of almost 200m dollars. France Football contacted police after receiving a warning before the final rankings were announced.
French police are reportedly investigating suspicious bets on Polymarket linked to the latest Ballon d’Or, placed from twelve accounts. The accounts were allegedly created by the same person between 1 and 20 October, just three days after the jury closed voting.
Utah has summoned Kalshi co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara to appear in Salt Lake City on 4 December over 14 criminal charges filed by the state’s attorney general. Separately, the CFTC approved Sporttrade as a designated contract market, following its derivatives clearing organisation approval in mid-October; Sporttrade said it is onboarding brokers including Fliff.
Tarek Mansour, who serves as chief executive, and Luana Lopes Lara, the chief operating officer, are the co-founders of Kalshi facing 14 criminal charges in Utah state court. The state's attorney general, Derek Brown, brought 13 felony counts plus a single misdemeanor against the company in a late-October filing that also identified Mansour and Lara as co-defendants. An initial arraignment in Salt Lake City is scheduled for 4 December. Daniel Wallach wrote in a post that the company must "personally appear" at 8:30 a.m. that day before Salt Lake City's Third District Court.
Utah prosecutors filed 14 criminal counts each against Kalshi, chief executive Tarek Mansour and chief operating officer Luana Lopes Lara, according to the report. The charges include a second-degree felony allegation of a pattern of unlawful activity; Kalshi argues its CFTC-regulated products fall under federal jurisdiction, while Utah says federal registration does not exempt the company from state gambling restrictions.
Utah has filed 14 criminal counts each against Kalshi, chief executive Tarek Mansour and chief operating officer Luana Lopes Lara. The charges include a second-degree felony count of pattern of unlawful activity.
The Gambling Commission said it removed 3,038,969 URLs in the first six months of the 2026/27 financial year, after reporting 266,667 removals in the previous full year. Interim chief executive Sarah Gardner said the authority had also sent 1,005 cease-and-desist notices between April and September 2026 and presented survey results showing 4% of online gamblers, excluding National Lottery players, had used unauthorised sites in the 12 months before April 2026.
The UKGC had 3,038,969 URLs removed in the first six months of the 2026/27 financial year, according to interim chief executive Sarah Gardner. Gardner presented the results at the CEO Briefing on 5 November 2026. In the same period 7,824,932 URLs were reported to search engines. In the previous financial year 397,527 URLs were reported and 266,667 were removed.