Gambling websites blacklist recently published by the French gambling regulator – L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ).
L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has published a blacklist of 532 gambling websites that it has been subject to blocking and delisting orders. It says it will update the list every month as new orders are issued.
The ANJ gained powers to block unlicensed gambling sites and sites that advertise them a year ago. It issued 152 blocking orders since the first order in June and has listed 532 URLs including sites belonging to the brands Campeonbet, Casinoextra, Dublinbet, Kahuna Casino, Winmachance, MyStake, WinUnique, VegasPlus and YBet.
The regulator says it’s improved its procedure for blocking such sites in order to take action more quickly. It says that a process that used to take between four and six months now takes between one and two. This is because the ANJ previously had to wait for judicial approval for a block on access.
Now if a formal notice sent to the site’s publisher and host is not answered for five days and the operator does not stop business, the ANJ may contact ISPs to take the relevant action to block access.
The ANJ said: “When a French consumer plays on an illegal website, it exposes you to multiple risks such as the unauthorised collection of personal data, payment fraud, installation of malicious computer programs, non-payment of winnings and the absence of measures to prevent excessive gambling and underage gambling. The ANJ also suggests that players report illegal gambling sites to the regulator.”
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