The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has instructed telecommunications service providers in Sri Lanka to block access to 146 unlicensed gambling websites, according to the TRCSL Director General.
Director General of Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Bandula Herath said that access to 24 betting websites were blocked yesterday while another 122 sites were blocked today.
The Digital Economy Ministry on Wednesday announced that Sri Lanka had blocked access to 24 online betting sites, including some of the world’s largest betting sites, as part of a crackdown on unauthorised gambling.
Online gambling is legal in Sri Lanka, but operators must register with the authorities and pay licence fees.
The government had yesterday ordered local internet providers to bar access from Sri Lanka to 24 major gambling sites. The authorities also warned Sri Lankans that investing in those sites was illegal.
