In compliance with the judicial decision handed down by the Federal Regional Court of the First Region, the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) sent on Wednesday (3) the first letter to authorized companies of the Personal Mobile Service (SMP) and the Multimedia Communication Service ( SCM) that provide services in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
In that document, the entity informs that in compliance with the “judicial determination command,” Loterj carried out the verification of the operational legitimacy of 115 sports betting and online gaming sites and that none of them has such “operational legitimacy as it does not have authorization from the State of Rio de Janeiro and/or the Federal Union” to operate at the state level.
Another letter should follow along the same lines, complementing the list of 111 companies that operate 118 sites in Rio de Janeiro without Loterj's authorization.
To date, there are 233 URLs for sports betting and online gambling houses indicated by the municipality, and this number is expected to increase in the coming days as Loterj is carrying out research work to identify other sites to be recommended for Anatel.
Interlocutory appeal No. 1015703-46.2024.4.01.0000 filed by Loterj sought to order Anatel to order internet providers to block or suspend websites not authorized by the municipality to operate in Rio de Janeiro.
In the order, judge Pablo Zuniga Dourado granted Loterj's request and authorized Anatel to promote the verification of the operational legitimacy of the companies appointed by the Rio de Janeiro municipality “and if not, take the appropriate measures, within the limits of the State of Rio de Janeiro, to determine the suspension of fixed-odd betting lottery activities that are in disagreement with the legislation applied to the species.”
Anatel checked with Loterj the companies that were not licensed to operate in the State, as per the order contained in the court decision and had confirmation from the municipality that none of the 115 sites are licensed and authorized to operate in Rio de Janeiro. In the new list, another 118 sites are found in the same way, reaching a total of 233 urls.
Source: GMB
