A court in The Hague ordered Trannel, Unibet’s former operator, to repay a Dutch player €271,301.04 for losses incurred while Trannel lacked a Dutch gambling licence, ruling the gambling agreement void under Dutch law. The court made the judgment enforceable immediately and gave Trannel three months to appeal.
The ruling sets out a repayment obligation for an operator that accepted Dutch players without a licence.
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FDJ appointed former Kindred chief executive Nils Andén as chief online betting and gaming officer after integrating Kindred into the group. The company said the division will oversee sports and horse-race betting, poker and online casino operations as part of a new four-unit structure.
The Nationale ombudsman has declared a complaint by CasinoZorgplicht.nl against the Kansspelautoriteit unfounded. The ombudsman confirmed the KSA was entitled to leave the complaint about Unibet's former Trannel operations untreated, though it did not follow the regulator's reasoning. The complaint concerned the sale of Trannel and the handling of data of about 1.5 million Dutch players.
The Nationale ombudsman has declared a complaint by CasinoZorgplicht.nl against the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) unfounded, according to a letter from ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen dated 19 October 2026. The ombudsman confirmed that the KSA was entitled not to consider the complaint, although it did not follow the regulator's reasoning. The complaint concerned the sale of Trannel International and the handling of data of about 1.5 million Dutch players.
The Netherlands’ Supreme Court ruled on 3 July that gambling agreements made before the Remote Gambling Act took effect cannot be invalidated under the earlier Betting and Gaming Act, reportedly. The decision concerns claims over pre-regulation losses, including a case brought for about 2,500 former Unibet customers that carried an estimated €75 million liability. FDJ United said the ruling provides certainty; the source says the court rejected the legal basis for these claims.
The Netherlands Supreme Court ruled on 3 July that gambling contracts made with unlicensed online operators before 1 October 2021 are not automatically void. Players may still seek annulment or damages on specific grounds, but recovery of losses must be assessed case by case. Entain welcomed the ruling, while the report also reports collective claims involving Unibet, Bwin, PartyCasino, PartyPoker and 888.
The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) said it took no further action after receiving notice of Trannel’s sale on 31 October 2024. In response to a Woo disclosure request, the authority said the notice was for information only and that it held no other documents within the request’s scope.