Denmark Regulator Blocks 49 Illegal Gambling Websites
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Denmark’s gambling regulator, Spillemyndigheden, has received approval from the Copenhagen City Court in its bid to block 49 unlicensed gambling websites that were targeting the Danish market.
The latest blocked websites are mostly casino and sports betting sites such as stake.com, unislots.com, evospin.com, and mansioncasino.com. There are also 13 skin betting websites including csgopositive.me and drop.skin.
The full list of all 49 blocked gambling websites can be seen here.
Speaking of the latest blocks Director of the Danish Gambling Authority, Anders Dorph said:
“It is a very important task for the Danish Gambling Authority to ensure that Danes are not exposed to gambling that is offered illegally in Denmark and that does not comply with the requirements for consumer protection, among other things, set out in the gambling legislation. At the same time, we must ensure that the gambling operators who have a licence to offer gambling in Denmark can operate on the Danish market without unfair competition from providers who do not have to live up to Danish requirements.”
Dorph also noted that the regulator now plans to block illegal websites twice a year as opposed to the previous process which happened on an annual basis.
“We are constantly trying to optimise our efforts against illegal gambling, and one of our latest initiatives is, among other things, to block illegal websites more often than before. This means that the illegal sites are active in Denmark for a shorter period of time, because the sites will be blocked sooner after we have identified them.”
Spillemyndigheden began blocking illegal gambling websites in 2012. Since then, 276 have been successfully blocked and no longer have access to the Danish market.
Thomas NielsenGambling industry journalist with a background in online poker and trading. Covering the regulated U.S Sports industry and the exciting world of online poker.
