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Sri Lanka has ordered the immediate blocking of 24 online gambling and betting websites that are operating without the licenses required under the country’s legal framework. The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has instructed all telecommunications service providers to restrict access to the identified platforms with immediate effect. The websites covered by the directive are 1xbet.com, betway.com/en-lk, 22bet.com, melbet.com, unibet.com, betfair.

Somewhere in Morocco this month, a football supporter watches an online stream of a match that was never officially sold by a licensed broadcaster, while advertisements for a betting company appear alongside the action despite the operator having no Moroccan gambling license, paying no local taxes, and operating outside the authority of domestic regulators. Across Africa, this same pattern has become increasingly common, reflecting the scale and complexity of an online gambli

Singapore authorities are investigating 30 people for their suspected involvement in illegal online gambling activities and related financial offences following a targeted enforcement operation conducted over nine days in May. In a statement released on Thursday, the Singapore Police Force said that a nationwide operation carried out between 21 and 29 May resulted in the identification or arrest of 21 men and nine women ranging in age from 17 to 79. The operation was led by

Indonesian authorities have carried out one of the country’s largest-ever operations against illegal online gambling, raiding a high-rise complex in West Jakarta and dismantling what police described as a major international betting syndicate operating dozens of illicit gambling platforms. The raid, conducted on Saturday, led to the arrest of 321 foreign nationals accused of managing and operating more than 75 illegal online gambling websites aimed at players across multipl

Thai police have announced the shutdown of a money laundering network allegedly serving a well-known online gambling syndicate, following a coordinated enforcement operation led by the country’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI). In an official statement, the DSI confirmed that authorities had frozen and seized funds across multiple bank accounts totaling more than 500 million baht, equivalent to approximately $15.3 million. According to investigators, the operation i

A Japanese government panel has moved closer to supporting the use of website blocking as part of the country’s strategy to combat illegal online casinos, even as it acknowledges potential conflicts with constitutional protections. The discussion emerges at a time when enforcement actions tied to unlawful online gambling have reached their highest level in years. The panel, convened under Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, stated in a draft report th

South Africa’s exploding online gambling crisis is being fuelled by a convergence of greedy domestic financial institutions and opportunistic offshore betting operators, creating not only a social catastrophe but a growing threat of large-scale money laundering. The sector’s rapid expansion, now approaching disastrous proportions, is not occurring in isolation. It is enabled by permissive regulatory and tax environments, exactly the kind produced by South Africa’s outdated an