In brief
- Gespa, Switzerland’s gambling authority, is reportedly operating a preliminary probe into FIFA’s right-to-buy ticketing feature.
- The right-to-buy collectibles provide the option to purchase physical tickets to World Cup games from a select pool of set-aside tickets for FIFA Collect users.
- FIFA Collect is the soccer governing body’s official digital collectibles platform, now operating on its own Avalanche layer-1 network.
Gespa, Switzerland’s gambling authority, has begun a preliminary probe into FIFA’s new “Right-to-Buy” blockchain collectibles, aiming to determine whether the soccer governing body has complied with local gambling laws, according to a report from Bloomberg.
The “right-to-buy” (RTB) collectibles, offered via the FIFA Collect platform, provide users the option to purchase tickets to the upcoming 2026 World Cup to be hosted in North America. The collectibles are initially sold directly by FIFA, but can be resold on the secondary marketplace.
“Our mission is to bring fans closer to the game they love. By introducing Right-To-Buy on FIFA Collect, we are offering supporters a new and more direct way to be part of FIFA World Cup 26™, turning digital collectibles into real-world opportunities,” said Modex Technologies Chief Marketing Officer Antonio Lorenzon at the time of RTB launch in late Sep
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Author: Logan Hitchcock
