Authorities in Linares, Chile, carried out inspections at venues suspected of operating illegal casinos, the provincial delegate said. Three of the four inspected venues received citations and must provide information about reported irregularities involving gaming machines.
The inspections and citations may require affected venues to respond to authorities over suspected unauthorised gaming machines.
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German authorities raided a suspected illegal online gambling operation involving €5.8bn. DSWV and DOCV subsequently called for a review of the GGL’s channelisation estimates.
Macao’s Public Security Police, Municipal Affairs Bureau and Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau inspected 23 gaming venues on 7 August to regulate their activity and combat illegal gambling. Authorities checked 31 people and reported no violations; 25 officials took part in the operation.
The North West Gambling Board and South African Police Service are conducting joint inspections targeting illegal gambling in Matlosana. The authorities have increased their enforcement activity across the city.
Brazilian authorities are examining around 40 online gambling accounts for suspected links to money laundering and organised crime. Authorities identified the accounts during efforts to return player money after a nationwide online betting shutdown. Finance Minister Dario Durigan said some balances exceeded R$500,000.
Brazilian authorities are examining around 40 high-value online gambling accounts for suspected links to money laundering and organised crime, according to Finance Minister Dario Durigan. The accounts were identified during work to return player funds held by operators after the country's online betting shutdown. No account holders have been publicly identified and no formal criminal charges have been announced.
Aydın prosecutors referred 37 people to court after gendarmerie procedures in an investigation into suspected illegal betting in Turkey. MASAK identified 3.484 billion Turkish lira in transactions linked to 40 suspects; three people remain sought, and authorities imposed interim restrictions on 467 bank accounts, four crypto-asset accounts and four cars.