The Council of State on 18 March 2026 rejected JACKS.NL’s appeal against a €400,000 fine imposed by the Kansspelautoriteit. It found that the operator’s emails to young adults between 8 December 2021 and 7 March 2022 breached advertising rules, and upheld the fine and its publication.
The ruling confirms the fine and the regulator’s authority to publish its decision on marketing to young adults.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polymarket | EUR 420,000 | KSA orders Polymarket to stop offering prediction markets in the Netherlands | Not stated | |
| Polymarket, Adventure One | EUR 840,000 | KSA orders Polymarket to pay up to €840,000 over Dutch gambling offer | Not stated | |
| ComeOn Group | EUR 750,000 | Kansspelautoriteit fines ComeOn parent €750,000 over duty-of-care failures | Not stated | |
| Leo Vegas | EUR 500,000 | KSA fines LeoVegas €500,000 over customer duty-of-care failures | Not stated | |
| JOI Gaming, JACK'S | EUR 400,000 | Kansspelautoriteit fines JOI Gaming €400,000 over role-model advertising | Not stated |
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The Netherlands’ Council of State ruled in favour of the Kansspelautoriteit in Holland Casino’s appeal over website navigation and a penalty order imposed in December 2021. The court rejected the company’s arguments that navigation buttons were not advertising, that the sanction was unsuitable and that its earlier pop-up choice complied with the rules.
Richard is challenging the Kansspelautoriteit’s 2023 revocation of his licence at the Council of State in the Netherlands. The KSA said the decision related to alleged misconduct before 2021 and cash centres linked to illegal online gambling; Richard and his spokesperson dispute that the terminals were used only for gambling. The court is expected to rule in the coming weeks.
The Netherlands' Council of State ruled on 4 November 2026 in Sabofra's appeal concerning its arcade-machine operating licence. The company had challenged the Kansspelautoriteit's refusal of a new licence, which the regulator based on alleged poor conduct linked to cash centres used to facilitate illegal online gambling. The article says the court found the regulator's cited facts showed evidently poor conduct.
The administrative law division of the Netherlands' Council of State issued a ruling on 4 November 2026 in the case of Sabofra. According to the division, the facts cited by the Kansspelautoriteit amount to evidently poor conduct on Sabofra's part.
The Netherlands’ Council of State partially upheld an appeal over the Kansspelautoriteit’s refusal to release documents requested under the Woo. It found the request sufficiently specific for one document and ordered the KSA to issue a new decision on that document within six weeks; the other nine documents were not covered by that finding.
The Hague Court of Appeal on 10 March 2026 upheld a lower court ruling against the former owners of Oranje Casino and Kroon Casino. It rejected their claims for compensation and correction of a prosecution service statement, finding the historic Dutch online gambling ban justified despite restricting cross-border services.