SectorWire
SearchGet the daily briefing
Menu

Groningen closes Mirage café for six months over suspected illegal gambling

Enforcement & compliance

The municipality of Groningen ordered Eetcafé Mirage closed for six months after a police raid in late June investigating possible illegal gambling. Police arrested four men and seized cash and other items said to be linked to illegal gambling; the investigation, led by the Public Prosecution Service, is continuing.

The closure removes a venue under investigation for suspected illegal gambling from operation for six months.

Earlier fines and penalties by KSA

DateCompanyAmountStoryAppeal status
PolymarketNot statedSpillemyndigheden blocks Polymarket among 98 gambling sites in DenmarkNot stated
JEF Holdings, SBM Holding GroupEUR 675,000KSA seeks €675,000 in penalty payments from CasinoScout companiesNot stated
BetCity, TOTO WinkelNot statedKSA acts against Betcity and TOTO Winkel over World Cup role-model adsNot stated
BetCity, TOTO WinkelNot statedKSA addresses Betcity and TOTO Winkel over role model advertising breachesNot stated
PolymarketNot statedLazio removes Polymarket branding after Italy blocks platformNot stated

Request a correction

Keep reading

Enforcement & compliance

Gambling Commission removes 3.04 million URLs in six months

The Gambling Commission said it removed 3,038,969 URLs in the first six months of the 2026/27 financial year, after reporting 266,667 removals in the previous full year. Interim chief executive Sarah Gardner said the authority had also sent 1,005 cease-and-desist notices between April and September 2026 and presented survey results showing 4% of online gamblers, excluding National Lottery players, had used unauthorised sites in the 12 months before April 2026.

The UKGC had 3,038,969 URLs removed in the first six months of the 2026/27 financial year, according to interim chief executive Sarah Gardner. Gardner presented the results at the CEO Briefing on 5 November 2026. In the same period 7,824,932 URLs were reported to search engines. In the previous financial year 397,527 URLs were reported and 266,667 were removed.

Continue reading