Swiss Regulator Gespa Probes Fifa's NFT-Based Gambling Platform
Swiss gambling regulator Gespa has uncovered an online platform, collect.fifa.com, offering games of chance linked to digital collectibles, known as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). The platform, discovered in early October 2025, hosts various prize draws, or 'drops' and 'challenges', with potentially high winnings depending on random processes.
Gespa is currently assessing these offers as either lotteries or sports betting. Participation in these competitions requires a monetary stake. The platform's prize draws are connected to digital collectibles, a novel aspect that has caught the regulator's attention. Gespa has referred the case to the competent prosecution authorities for a criminal law assessment.
The online platform, collect.fifa.com, offers a variety of these 'drops' and 'challenges', each with its own rules and potential winnings. The regulator is investigating whether these activities comply with Swiss gambling laws.
The Swiss gambling regulator Gespa is looking into an online platform offering prize draws connected to digital collectibles. The case has been referred to prosecution authorities for further assessment. The outcome of this investigation may set a precedent for the regulation of gambling activities involving digital collectibles in Switzerland.
