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HGC blocks 11,000 gambling-related websites in Greece

Enforcement & compliance

Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) blocked 11,000 gambling-related websites, including operators and promotional services suspected of serving local customers without authorisation. The report estimates Greece’s unregulated gambling market at about EUR 1.7 billion a year and says new gambling-related domains may number 10,000 monthly.

The block affects unlicensed operators and services directing traffic to online casinos and sportsbooks in Greece.

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ANJL challenges blocks on regulated betting websites and social channels in Brazil

ANJL challenged the Brazilian government's blocking of regulated betting websites and social channels on Tuesday. The association questioned the legal basis for requiring operators to use their infrastructure to redirect websites to a government address. ANJL said its LegitBet system recorded 30.282 active, accessible illegal betting links.

Brazil's National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL) has challenged the federal government's blocking of regulated betting operators' websites and social channels, the association said. The blocks were applied in the early hours of Tuesday 6 October, and operators' sites were redirected to the address brasilsembets.gov.br. ANJL said it sent a letter on Monday 5 October to the National Secretariat for Digital Rights (Sedigi), the National Secretariat for Public Security (Senasp) and the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) requesting reconsideration and urgent clarification of the measure, and that it had received no response.

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