Compliance Updates

Roskomnadzor Blocks More Than 11k Gambling Sites in April

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6 years ago

May 10, 2019

Niji Narayan

Roskomnadzor Blocks More Than 11k Gambling Sites in April

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Roskomnadzor, the Russian telecom watchdog, has blocked 11,830 gambling sites in April.

There were 1371 mirrors of the Fonbet brand among the blocked sites. 696 blocked websites were related to Parimatch, 592 to 1xBet, 456 to Zenitbet, 374 to Marathonbet, 315 to B Leonbets, 126 to Winline, 77 to Liga Stavok, 67 to Olimp, 59 to Betcity, 19 to Baltbet.

Roskomnadzor has also blocked 7589 domains of online casinos, online lotteries and poker rooms. 47 websites were blocked for gambling content about bookmakers, casinos and slot machines.

About 233 thousand websites and were blacklisted by the telecom watchdog in 2018.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.