Frustrated by its defeat with success in putting a stop to online gambling throughout the last five years, the Turkish government will be implementing a new plan that includes legislation putting punitive measures in place and giving power to the enforcement agencies to punish players via the Washington-state anti-player laws. 

It has been reported by the Hurriyet newspaper that the process will start with passing new laws that are drawn up to ban illegal betting from offshore websites, with punishable actions geared towards the players and operators.  There will be fines from 100,000 to 500,000 Turkish Liras given to the Punters who fill out bet coupons through unlicensed websites, according to the draft law, and “intermediaries” will not get suspended sentences.

The financial institutions that allow money transfers to be made to illegal gambling sites will be prosecuted through the new laws that will be put into place by the Turkish Banking Regulation & Supervision Agency (BDDK) along with the Telecommunication Communications Agency (TIB) who will be required to list their IP addresses of illegal gambling sites.  It will also be the responsibility of the BDDK to prevent the use of credit and debit cards in illegal bets.  Affiliated Marketers with illegal online gambling will also be sought out.  The draft laws provide prosecution of anyone acting as a middleman assisting Turkish residents to gain online access to overseas sports betting along with those that grant illegal money transfers.

The wrath of the new law will also be felt by publications or sites that have illegal online gambling site advertisements or promotions.  Sentences will include jail time for one to three years is revealed by the newspaper.  Milli Piyango, the General Directorate of National Lottery in Turkey, is in charge of platforms in online betting.  Later this year she is set for privatization on a 10 year lease plan.