Denmark’s gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden has gained approval from the City Court to block a record amount of illegal gambling websites.

The authority had instructed the websites to cease operations and later took the case to court.

Early in March, the City Court started proceedings on the case, and has now agreed to uphold the Gaming Authority’s case. The Court said it needed to be certain people were actually using these sites.

The authority was able to provide screenshots from the websites which proved active gambling was taking place without a Danish permit.

The blocking of sites has now commenced and the ISPs have decided to appeal the decision to the district court.