Danish regulator Spillemyndigheden has ordered local internet service providers to block 18 sites illegal online gambling sites in violation of the Danish Act on Gambling.
The move comes after a report based on three web searches conducted by the regulator to identify sites operating without the required license from the Danish Gambling Authority.
The report, produced in collaboration with the Danish Tax Agency’s anti-fraud unit, also tracks the work the Danish Gambling Authority has done in relation to illegal gambling since regulation of the online market came into force in 2012 according to SBC News.
The searches identified 742 problematic sites causing the regulator to issue 22 petitions sent to the website operators notifying them of their violation of the Danish Act on Gambling. The regulator has now ordered internet service providers to block 18 of the offending gambling sites who failed to respond to these petitions.
“The number of websites with an illegal supply of gambling products that are found through web searches is continuously low,” the report said. “This matches the Danish Gambling Authority’s impression of the illegal market: that still fewer websites with gambling products directed at Denmark appear. However, websites with illegal marketing and promotion of gambling still pose a challenge.“
