A Swiss court upheld Gespa’s 2021 decision to block access to a website offering digital NFT collectibles and related online games. The company challenged the decision before the Federal Supreme Court, which issued its judgment on 18 November 2025; the available text does not state the court’s reasoning.
The ruling leaves the access block in place for the NFT gaming site in Switzerland.
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Polymarket said it plans to challenge in court the ANJ order blocking its website in France. The company argues that the platform provides information and peer-to-peer trading, and says French users have been unable to trade since November 2024. The ANJ cited 578,751 visits from France in June 2026 and classified prediction markets as illegal gambling.
A Santa Fe judge has ordered Argentina’s Enacom to block robet.bingo after a complaint by the Santa Fe Lottery about unauthorised betting activity. The order followed verification that the site offered casino games and sports betting from the province; the case prosecutor said the platform operated without state control and could expose minors to gambling.
Chile's telecoms subsecretary Romina Garrido told a congressional economy committee that Subtel has received three protection appeals, one lawsuit and six administrative challenges against blocks on online betting sites. The SCJ said 174 illegal sites have been blocked since 19 August, while Garrido said platforms rapidly switch to new domains to evade the order.
Chile's telecoms subsecretary Romina Garrido told a congressional economy committee that Subtel has received three protection appeals, one lawsuit and six administrative challenges against blocks on online betting sites. The committee called the authorities to establish how far a Supreme Court ruling has been complied with. The Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) said 174 illegal sites have been blocked since 19 August. The SCJ said it sent the list to Subtel and to Wom, Entel, Claro, Movistar, VTR and GTD, the country's six largest internet providers.
ANJL and IBJR petitioned Justice Luiz Fux at Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court on 3 October, seeking an urgent injunction against a Justice Ministry order directing fixed-odds betting sites to a government page. The associations say the order goes beyond the authority granted by Provisional Measure 1,394/2026; it is due to take effect at 00:01 on 6 October and could redirect an estimated 100 million visits a day.
Brazil’s Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the Federal Court of Accounts to postpone the planned shutdown of betting platforms from 6 October to 31 December. Deputy Prosecutor Lucas Furtado said the timetable raised questions about the measure’s motivation and warned of effects on jobs, suppliers and football sponsorships; the filing also sought proportional refunds of concession fees and an accounting of lost revenue.