The Netherlands Gambling Authority presented its system-based approach to illegal gambling enforcement, according to a report of its LinkedIn post. The approach considers parties facilitating illegal gambling as well as the operators, and the presentation covered results, external cooperation and lessons learned.
The approach may affect service providers that support illegal gambling operators, not only the operators themselves.
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Lotep hosted Agepar director Ivo Ericsson Camargo de Lima in João Pessoa on 20 May for an institutional meeting on lottery regulation and oversight. Lotep presented its regulatory controls and responsible-gambling measures, while participants discussed anti-money-laundering safeguards and cooperation with public bodies, Lotep said.
The UKGC outlined its approach to illegal gambling data in an update dated 21 April 2026. It said website traffic estimates indicate trends but carry margins of error and miss other access routes. The regulator said it was developing additional data points and cautioned against relying on a single source.
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has set out an update on its approach to data on illegal gambling, published on 21 April 2026 by Tim Livesley, its head of the Data Innovation Hub. The regulator said web traffic estimates are subject to margins of error and are more useful for showing trends than absolute volumes of traffic. It also said consumers can reach illegal gambling through other routes that the data does not capture, and cautioned against treating any single source as definitive.
The Gambling Commission presented new UK illegal-gambling estimates on 5 November 2026, based on survey data collected between April 2025 and April 2026. A report questions the Commission’s description of illegal-market participation as low and stable, citing the newness of the measure, the survey sample and other indicators, including a 12% rise in September 2026 activity against the previous three-month average.
The Gambling Commission, Great Britain's gambling regulator, presented new illegal gambling figures on 5 November. Sue Young, the Commission's executive director of operations, said in the press release that participation in the illegal market appears low and stable on these indicators. The report questions that description.
Greece’s EEEP presented an artificial intelligence platform during a visit by Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis, reportedly on 8 October 2026. The authority said the system analyses online information and documents websites potentially involved in offering or promoting illegal gambling. The meeting also covered player protection and the application of newly approved gambling legislation.
Greece’s Hellenic Gaming Commission said it presented an AI platform during a briefing for Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis, announced on 7 October 2026. The platform collects and analyses evidence on websites suspected of offering or promoting illegal gambling to support regulatory action. The commission also outlined its player-protection work under the strengthened gambling framework.
Greece's Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC) presented a digital platform that uses artificial intelligence to identify, assess and document websites that may be offering or promoting illegal gambling, the regulator said in a notice dated 7 October 2026. The presentation took place during a working visit by the Minister of National Economy and Finance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, the HGC said.