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Swiss regulator GESPA takes aim at FIFA’s NFT platform in formal complaint

The Cointelegraph ​

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Switzerland's nationwide gambling authority said that user rewards on the platform feature the element of chance, categorizing them as gambling.

Switzerland’s Gambling Supervisory Authority (GESPA), the country’s gambling regulator, has filed a complaint against FIFA’s non-fungible token (NFT) platform FIFA Collect, alleging that it is an unlicensed gambling provider.

On Friday, GESPA announced the complaint, alleging the platform’s “competitions,” which feature user rewards like airdrop campaigns and challenges, constitute gambling under current Swiss regulations due to the element of chance in claiming rewards. GESPA wrote:

From a gambling law perspective, the offers in question are partly lotteries and partly sports betting,” GESPA said. Switzerland has only two nationwide regulated sports gambling providers, Sporttip and Jouez Sport, according to GESPA.

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