Sandro Tonali and Nicolò Fagioli received criminal punishments in Italy over promoting illegal gambling sites, according to the report. Tonali was fined €78,250, while Fagioli received a one-month suspended prison sentence; both players pleaded guilty. Their separate football bans for betting on matches began in October 2023.
The criminal cases set out penalties for players accused of promoting illegal gambling platforms.
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South Korea’s Supreme Court rejected the appeal of a man convicted of operating an illegal online gambling site and misusing personal data, upholding his one-year prison sentence. The court ruled that using unlawfully obtained personal information for business purposes still falls under the Personal Information Protection Act; the case involved records belonging to 796 people.
A Buenos Aires court sentenced a San Telmo internet café operator to three years of suspended imprisonment for running unauthorised gambling. Investigators found 25 computers configured for online gambling. The defendant admitted responsibility under an agreement approved by the court and must comply with conduct conditions to avoid imprisonment.
A Paraíba state court judge ordered Pixbet’s platforms suspended on 22 August in a civil action seeking protections for children and teenagers from online betting, according to a media report. Reactivation depends on facial age verification, checks against under-18 CPF records and a judicial technical assessment; the sites and apps were still operating at 01:30 on 23 August. The action’s separate request to block R$1 billion remains pending, while R$1.1 billion had already been frozen in a federal police operation.
A court in Rio de Janeiro ordered the immediate suspension of sports-betting sites operating without state authorisation and using Loterj’s branding, after a request from the state prosecution service. The order targets Digital Dreams and other defendants; it also requires payment blocking, identification of site owners and a ban on creating further unauthorised betting sites. The prosecution alleged that Digital Dreams used falsified documents to mimic Loterj authorisation, after its official accreditation application was rejected.
Ethiopia’s Federal High Court overturned the NLA’s suspension decision against Hulu Sport. The operator nevertheless remained suspended.