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Russian telecom regulator continues blocking gambling websites

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September 10, 2018

Niji Narayan

Russian telecom regulator continues blocking gambling websites

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Roskomnadzor, the telecommunications regulator in Russia, has reportedly blocked the domains of a whopping 14,500 online gambling websites in August.

In Russia, apart from the 15 licensed betting operators, there have been countless external operators that offer the sports betting facility through their websites. The surge of activity of such websites has forced the regulator to trigger action and preventative measures against them.

In online gambling domain blocks alone, Roskomnadzor has this year (to end August) acted against more than 76,000 domains, an almost 270 percent increase on the whole of 2017, with four months of 2018 yet to pass.

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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.