Hungary moves against illegal online gambling

News on 1 Apr 2015

The National Tax and Customs Authority in Hungary has issued directives against 82 allegedly illegal online gambling operators, requiring the Hungarian media authority NMHH to ISP-block their websites; however thus far only 17 sites have been blocked, the daily newspaper Világgazdaság reports.

In response to a query by Hungarian news agency MTI, the National Tax and Customs Authority said that in March this year alone it had issued 40 blocking directives, but confirmed that so far only 17 had been obeyed.

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