The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030 has fined 32 gambling operators over €33 million, including very serious penalties for six foreign companies operating without a license in Spain, whose websites have been blocked. In total, these six unlicensed operators have received very serious fines exceeding €30 million. Furthermore, the ministry has imposed another 26 serious penalties totaling €3 million for various violations of gambling regulations, as reported by the ministry itself in a statement on Tuesday. This latter group includes companies such as Betfair, 888 Online, and Codere. For example, 888 Online will have to pay a €250,000 fine for failing to meet the technical requirements for its software and communication systems and for using non-approved technical systems. Beatya Online has been fined €300,000 for a similar situation, and Betfair will have to pay €100,000 for a penalty related to non-compliance with player protection and responsible gambling regulations. Electraworks Ceuta has been fined €512,000 for allowing access to gambling for prohibited individuals, using unauthorized or unapproved technical systems, and for non-compliance with software technical requirements. This last reason also affects Codere, which has received a penalty of €17,500. €30 million among six companies

The operators whose websites have been shut down for operating without a license are XYZ Entertainment, Moonrail Limited, EOD Code SRL, Samaki, Lone Rock Holdings, and Novaforge. Each will have to pay €5 million (€30 million in total).

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There's no freedom without risk. This very thought was floating around in my head when I got a letter, and it was a fine. A fine is always bad, no matter how well deserved, but lately I'd say it's worse. Driving through another city, I took the wrong street and apparently entered a street where traffic was prohibited. Until now, I haven't been able to tell. Why didn't I see it? Perhaps it was poorly signposted? It doesn't matter, because the fine works through blackmail: if I pay quickly and refuse to protest, they'll give me a 50% discount. Since traveling is complicated and they probably wouldn't agree with me, they encourage me to pay and keep quiet. It's not very edifying.

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The National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC) has imposed a sanction on Atresmedia for broadcasting content with a high degree of violence without including the appropriate age rating during the broadcast of the program. In the Red Hot, a program on La Sexta. The CNMC considered that the network failed to fulfill its responsibility to guarantee safe programming that respected the rights of minors.

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The European Commission wants to show Poland that it can no longer ignore the legal foundations of the European Union. On Tuesday, the EU executive activated for the first time the mechanism that allows it to withhold EU funds from a member state for failure to pay a penalty. Specifically, Brussels will withhold for now €14.5m of funds earmarked for Poland after the country refused to close the Turów lignite mine as demanded by the European authorities.

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