Online Gambling Dens Targeted

The Central Bank of Iran has increased oversight of online payment gateways to disband illegal betting websites. 
It has identified 70,000 online casinos and sent the names to the judiciary, said Mehran Mahramian, CBI's deputy for innovative technologies in a post on Twitter.  
The official said the people who are active in online betting and gambling websites were detected using a smart platform designed by the central bank. 
Press reports say there has been an increase in online gambling and betting. Experts say such cyber and financial crime is spreading fast and should raise the alarm, particularly in the cyber and payment sectors. Gambling is banned in Iran since 1979.
To cope with the illegal activities, the CBI said earlier in the month that it is using a smart platform to detect and block unauthorized payment gateways used by betting websites.
Payment regulatory officials say payment gateways used by online casinos are not authorized by the banking and payment network. It appears that they usually rent gateways, bank accounts and bank cards for the banned activities. 
Shaparak, the body in charge of supervising the domestic payment network, recently said it had blocked 3,540 payment gateways used by online betting and gambling sites since   March.
Caption: The central bank uses a smart platform to detect and block unauthorized payment gateways.