Global gambling payment blocking tracker
Regulators increasingly go after the money rather than the websites. This tracker records actions in which a regulator, central bank, ministry or enforcement agency told banks, e-wallets or payment service providers to block, freeze or refuse gambling-related payments. Each row links to an official source. Figures are reported as the authority stated them; where an authority gave no number, we give none.
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Overview
- 16 actions tracked across 9 countries (Indonesia 4, Norway 3, India 2, Brazil 2, Nigeria 1, Philippines 1, Australia 1, United Kingdom 1, United States 1).
- Largest account-blocking figure: Indonesia's OJK said banks were asked to apply enhanced due diligence and/or block about 38,796 accounts (October 5, 2026).
- Largest frozen sum: India's DGGI said Rs 122.05 crore was provisionally attached in 392 UPI-linked accounts (March 22, 2025).
- Payment-method bans: the UK (credit cards, 2020), Australia (credit cards, credit-linked wallets and digital currency for online wagering, 2024) and Brazil (credit cards, cash, boleto and crypto, 2024) ban specific ways of paying.
- Named-payee blocking: Norway publishes each decision ordering banks to reject transfers to and from named foreign gambling companies; the two most recent are listed below.
Last updated: November 3, 2026
Regulators increasingly go after the money rather than the websites. This tracker records actions in which a regulator, central bank, ministry or enforcement agency told banks, e-wallets or payment service providers to block, freeze or refuse gambling-related payments. Each row links to an official source. Figures are reported as the authority stated them; where an authority gave no number, we give none.
Overview
- 16 actions tracked across 9 countries (Indonesia 4, Norway 3, India 2, Brazil 2, Nigeria 1, Philippines 1, Australia 1, United Kingdom 1, United States 1).
- Largest account-blocking figure: Indonesia's OJK said banks were asked to apply enhanced due diligence and/or block about 38,796 accounts (October 5, 2026).
- Largest frozen sum: India's DGGI said Rs 122.05 crore was provisionally attached in 392 UPI-linked accounts (March 22, 2025).
- Payment-method bans: the UK (credit cards, 2020), Australia (credit cards, credit-linked wallets and digital currency for online wagering, 2024) and Brazil (credit cards, cash, boleto and crypto, 2024) ban specific ways of paying.
- Named-payee blocking: Norway publishes each decision ordering banks to reject transfers to and from named foreign gambling companies; the two most recent are listed below.
Headline numbers
| Measure | Figure | Authority | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounts flagged for EDD and/or blocking | about 38,796 | OJK (Indonesia) | 2026-10-05 |
| Accounts blocked after EDD (cumulative to May 2026) | 32,454 | OJK (Indonesia) | 2026-07-14 |
| UPI-linked accounts debit-frozen | 392 (Rs 122.05 crore attached) | DGGI (India) | 2025-03-22 |
| Bank accounts attached | nearly 2,000 (Rs 4 crore) | DGGI (India) | 2025-03-22 |
| Mule accounts with funds frozen | 262 (about Rs 14.46 crore) | ED (India) | 2025-09-03 |
| Deadline to strip gambling links from e-wallet apps | 48 hours | BSP (Philippines) | 2025-08-14 |
All actions
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| Date | Country | Agency | Measure | Scale | Type | Official source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Indonesia | Financial Services Authority (OJK) | Asked banks to apply enhanced due diligence (EDD) and/or block accounts linked to online gambling, based on Komdigi data; also asked banks to close other accounts matching the flagged persons' national ID (NIK) numbers | About 38,796 accounts (up from about 38,375 in the previous update) | Bank account blocking | OJK press release SP 185/OJK/DKPU/X/2026 (September 2026 board meeting) |
| 2026-09-10 | Nigeria | Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LSLGA) with the Federation of State Gaming Regulators of Nigeria (FSGRN) | Declared Stake.com an illegal operator and urged banks, payment service providers and fintechs to cease facilitating unlicensed gaming; warned of enforcement against facilitating payment companies | Lagos and 24 FSGRN member states; at least 10 compliance notices sent over two years | Facilitation warning to PSPs | LSLGA public notice on its official LinkedIn page (date approximate: first reported September 10, 2026) |
| 2026-08-19 | Norway | Norwegian Gaming Authority (Lotteritilsynet) | Decision ordering Norwegian banks to reject payment transfers to and from Quickbyte Global OU | 5 IBANs | Named-payee blocking | Lotteritilsynet list of decisions to Norwegian banks (updated August 20, 2026) |
| 2026-07-14 | Indonesia | OJK, Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) and banks | Joint agreement to step up action against scams and online gambling; banks report account blocking after EDD | Up to May 2026: 32,454 accounts blocked after EDD; 51,200 customer relationships closed; 2.8 million customer relationships refused | Bank account blocking | OJK press release SP 139/DKPU/OJK/VII/2026 |
| 2026-03-03 | Norway | Norwegian Gaming Authority (Lotteritilsynet) | Decision ordering Norwegian banks to reject payment transfers to and from Damagi Marketing Solutions Ltd. | Company-wide (all accounts) | Named-payee blocking | Lotteritilsynet list of decisions to Norwegian banks |
| 2025-09-03 | India | Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru | Froze funds in mule and bank accounts in an alleged illegal online betting case (K C Veerendra) after searches on September 2, 2025 | About Rs 14.46 crore frozen in 262 mule accounts; about Rs 40.69 crore in 9 bank accounts and 1 demat account | Bank account freezing | ED press release |
| 2025-08-14 | Philippines | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) | Memorandum M-2025-029 ordered BSP-supervised institutions, including e-wallets, to remove in-app links, icons and features that redirect to online gambling sites within 48 hours, pending a final policy | All BSP-supervised financial institutions; notarised compliance certification due by 11:59 pm, August 16, 2025 | E-wallet / app access removal | BSP Memorandum No. M-2025-029 |
| 2025-03-22 | India | Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), with I4C and NPCI | Blocked and attached bank accounts and debit-froze UPI-linked accounts used by offshore online money gaming platforms | Nearly 2,000 accounts and Rs 4 crore attached; 392 UPI-linked accounts debit-frozen with Rs 122.05 crore provisionally attached; 166 mule accounts blocked; 357 websites/URLs blocked | Bank account / UPI freezing | Press Information Bureau release (Ministry of Finance) |
| 2025-03-20 | Brazil | Secretariat of Prizes and Bets, Ministry of Finance (SPA/MF) | Portaria SPA/MF 566 bars financial and payment institutions and payment arrangers from opening accounts for, or processing bets with, operators not authorised by SPA; suspected cases must be reported to SPA within 24 hours | Applies to all financial and payment institutions and payment arrangers | Processing ban for unlicensed operators | Portaria SPA/MF No. 566, Diário Oficial da União |
| 2024-08-02 | Indonesia | OJK | Ordered banks to block accounts linked to online gambling | More than 6,000 accounts | Bank account blocking | OJK press release |
| 2024-06-11 | Australia | Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) | Credit ban in force: online and telephone wagering providers may not accept credit cards, credit-linked digital wallets or digital currency (lotteries excluded) | All interactive wagering service providers | Credit card / crypto ban | ACMA credit ban page (Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Act 2024) |
| 2024-04-16 | Brazil | SPA/MF | Portaria SPA/MF 615 limits betting payments to institutions authorised by the Central Bank of Brazil and bans credit cards, cash, boleto and crypto-assets for bets | Applies to all licensed fixed-odds operators | Payment-method ban | Portaria Normativa SPA/MF No. 615, Diário Oficial da União |
| 2023-12-16 | Indonesia | OJK | Asked banks to block accounts linked to crime and online gambling | More than 4,000 accounts blocked over three months | Bank account blocking | OJK press release SP 190/OJK/GKPB/XII/2023 |
| 2020-01-14 | United Kingdom | Gambling Commission | Banned gambling on credit cards, including via e-wallets, from April 14, 2020, for all products except non-remote lotteries | About 800,000 consumers used credit cards to gamble (UK Finance estimate cited by the Commission); 22% of online gamblers using credit cards were problem gamblers | Credit card ban | Gambling Commission news release |
| 2010-06-01 | United States | Federal Reserve Board and Treasury | Regulation GG (UIGEA) compliance date: payment systems must have policies to identify and block restricted unlawful internet gambling transactions | Applies to designated payment systems (card, ACH, check, wire, money transmitting) | Payment-system blocking rule | 12 CFR Part 233 (Regulation GG), eCFR |
| 2010-02-19 | Norway | Ministry of Culture; enforced by the Norwegian Gaming Authority (Lotteritilsynet) | Payment regulation requiring Norwegian financial institutions to reject payment transactions for gambling not permitted in Norway | Applies to all Norwegian banks and payment providers | Payment-blocking regulation | Regulation of February 19, 2010 No. 184 (Lovdata) |
Methodology
- We include an action only when an official source - a regulator, central bank, ministry, enforcement agency, court or official gazette - can be linked. Press reports are used only to find actions, never as the source of a row.
- An action qualifies if it orders, requires or formally urges banks, e-wallets, card schemes or payment service providers to block, freeze, refuse or stop facilitating gambling-related payments, or sets a binding payment-method ban for gambling.
- Dates are the date of the official document or release; where an authority announced a later effective date we say so in the measure column. The Nigeria row uses the date the notice was first reported, because the official post shows no exact date.
- Figures are copied as stated by the authority, in the original currency (1 crore = 10 million rupees). We do not add up figures across countries because the measures differ.
- Freezes in criminal or tax investigations are allegations at the investigation stage, not findings of guilt.
- Norway publishes many individual decisions; we list the legal basis and the two most recent decisions rather than every one.
- Actions we could not tie to an official document were left out. They are re-checked at each update.
- Last updated November 3, 2026. We update this page weekly.
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Patricia Cruz aims to bring a different perspective to familiar industry conversations. Through in-depth articles and thematic reports at AskSpinner News, Patricia draws attention to details worth questioning and connections that can be overlooked, using the news as a starting point for a closer look at the business of iGaming.
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