In the Supreme Court of Justice, two annulment lawsuits filed in 2023 against the contract awarded to the company are still maintained.
Panama.- The National Lottery of Charity of Panama (LNB) reported that they are still maintained, "in the office of Magistrate Cecilio Cedalise", the two annulment lawsuits that were presented last year against the contract awarded to the company that operates the electronic lottery.
Furthermore, the authorities of the LNB announced in statements released by the newspaper Metro Libre that "the National Lottery of Charity, as an entity respectful of the law, is waiting for the highest court of justice to decide the future of said addendum, and to comply with it immediately."
On the other hand, from the entity explained that "to date the Board of Directors of the Lottery has also not met, since director Saquina Jaramillo has not been ratified by the National Assembly."
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It is worth remembering that last July, President Mulino ordered Saquina Jaramillo, the new director of the LNB, to end the electronic lottery of Panama, known as Lotto and Pega 3, with the aim of improving the efficiency and credibility of the LNB, since, according to the president, this modality "is not a business for the State".
The content was blocked between July 17, 2023 and September 17, 2024.
Indonesia.- Budie Arie Setiadi, Indonesia’s communication and informatics minister, has announced that between July 17, 2023 and September 17, 2024, his ministry removed 3,383,000 pieces of online gambling content. The ministry also submitted 20,842 keywords related to online gambling to Google from November 7, 2023 to August 8, 2024 and 5,173 to Meta from December 15, 2023 to August 8, 2024.
During a press conference, Arie also said he has asked the Bank Indonesia (BI) to block 573 digital wallets linked to online gambling. The government has implemented a monitoring system using artificial intelligence to detect websites associated with online gambling.
The ministry is also collaborating with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to stop the use of payment and banking systems for online gambling. In addition, Arie also mentioned plans to restrict access to free virtual private networks (VPNs) to prevent access to online gambling.
