Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022

Court rejected request that publication of fines be withheld

by - Friday, March 3rd, 2023 12:03

Kansspelautoriteit Dutch Gambling Regulator
Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022 today that at the end of December 2022 it issued fines totaling over €26 million to five illegal online gambling websites.
One site displayed KSA logo despite being unlicensed

According to a statement from the KSA, all five gambling operators allowed players from the Netherlands to access their products. When the fines were imposed in December the companies requested that publication of the penalties be withheld. However, a court has now rejected those requests.

The five companies fined were:

    Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022
  • N1 Interactive Limited – €12,640,000
  • Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022
  • Probe Investments Limited – €1,128,000
  • Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022

The amount of each fine was based on the company’s turnover attributed directly to players from the Netherlands.

Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022 Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022

‘We mean business. Player safety is paramount. A fine is to hit where it hurts, so in the wallet. With such amounts we think we can impose an appropriate sanction, given the illegal earnings.’

Ciaran McEneaney

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Dutch Regulator Reveals 5 Illegal Gambling Websites Fined €26 Million in December 2022