Israeli Court orders to block online gambling sites

A district court in Tel Aviv, Israel, has ordered to block three gambling websites that offer their services to Israelis. The three websites are p2vbet.com, 1xbet.com, and totobet777.com.

Israel’s legislation bans the country’s citizen to accessing and using online gambling services. Nevertheless, a number of gambling websites are available from the country, ostensibly for foreign nationals.

The only forms of gambling allowed in the country are sports betting and lottery. The rule also states that Israel-based companies should not run online gaming operations.

While offering online gambling to local is illegal, Israel plays host to numerous companies in the domain. London-listed 888 Holdings PLC, founded by Israelis, has a development and marketing subsidiary based in Israel, and London-listed Playtech PLC, also founded by Israelis, has local marketing and technical support subsidiaries.

Non-Israeli companies like William Hill PLC and Ladbrokes Coral Group PLC have also tapped into Israel’s human talent, both operating marketing subsidiaries in Tel Aviv.

According to a legislation in Israel, which was passed in 2017, district courts has the authority to block access to websites used for serious crimes such as publishing paedophilic or terrorism-related content and selling drugs.

Source: Ctech