The Junta de Beneficencia de Guayaquil filed a complaint against Ecuabet in Ecuador, alleging irregular operations and licensing and tax issues. It asked the Fiscalía to investigate; the complaint alleges that Ecuabet provided sports prediction services using a foreign licence that expired in May 2025.
The requested investigation could clarify Ecuabet’s licensing and tax status in Ecuador.
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Polla Chilena de Beneficencia has filed a money-laundering complaint against six legal representatives of payment-processing companies, alleging links to transactions for online gambling sites it calls illegal. The state-owned lottery body says online platforms caused estimated losses of CLP50bn over the past three years, including CLP8bn to CLP9bn less in transfers to the National Sports Institute.
Chile’s Internal Revenue Service (SII) filed a criminal complaint against 12 people over alleged clandestine gambling and betting activity in Chillán. Tax inspections in October and November 2024 found commercial premises with between 29 and 84 slot machines each; the SII said the operators lacked the required authorisations and had failed to meet tax obligations.
Codacons announced it has filed a complaint with AGCOM, Italy's communications authority, seeking an investigation into Andrea Pirlo's position regarding the ban on gambling advertising. The consumer group also said it would appeal to the Lazio regional administrative court (TAR Lazio) if Pirlo is appointed Italy head coach.
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) filed a complaint with the Bank of Lithuania against a Lithuanian payment services provider, alleging it processed transactions linked to unlicensed online gambling operators. EGBA said its investigation covered websites and apps targeting European consumers, and its secretary general called for payment providers and card networks to help identify and block such transactions.
The Nationale ombudsman has declared a complaint by CasinoZorgplicht.nl against the Kansspelautoriteit unfounded. The ombudsman confirmed the KSA was entitled to leave the complaint about Unibet's former Trannel operations untreated, though it did not follow the regulator's reasoning. The complaint concerned the sale of Trannel and the handling of data of about 1.5 million Dutch players.
The Nationale ombudsman has declared a complaint by CasinoZorgplicht.nl against the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) unfounded, according to a letter from ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen dated 19 October 2026. The ombudsman confirmed that the KSA was entitled not to consider the complaint, although it did not follow the regulator's reasoning. The complaint concerned the sale of Trannel International and the handling of data of about 1.5 million Dutch players.