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Telecommunications: MDJS seeks sanctions against telecom operators

27/01/2026
Source : ORISHAS FINANCE
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Friday, January 23, 2026, La Marocaine des Jeux and Sports (MDJS) sent a formal letter to the managing director of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT). Elle denounces the refusal of the three telecom operators to execute a decision of court ordering the blocking of online betting sites illegal.

On January 12, the presiding judge of the court of Commerce de Casablanca issued the ordinance of referred no. 82 font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif">, urging Itissalat Al-Maghrib (Maroc Telecom ), Meditelecom (Orange Morocco) and Wana Corporate (Inwi) to block access to twenty sites of electronic bets identified as illegal. The ordinance, together with The provisional execution provides for a penalty of 10,000 Dirhams per day late in ex é cut. Among these platforms are including 1XBET, Betway, Betwinner, Stake, Melbet or Mostbet, as well as all their sub-domains.

According to the letter written by Maître Abdellatif Khalifa, a lawyer at the Casablanca bar representing the MDJS, the three operators justify their inaction by filing appeals and requests for a stay of execution. The refusal to execute is attested by reports drawn up by the judicial officer Me Mustapha El Boukhari, confirming that the sites remain accessible despite the injunction.

Invoking article 30 of Law No. 24-96 relating to the post office and telecommunications, the MDJS asks the ANRT to put in place remains for the three operators to comply with the ordinance within 24 hours and failing that, to trigger a financial penalty procedure of up to 2% of their turnover excluding taxes, or even 5% in the event of a repeat offence.

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