The KSA fined Unibet €4m in the Netherlands for breaching duty-of-care obligations over a two-year period, according to the report. The penalty follows a separate six-figure fine issued by the authority in September.
The fine signals enforcement of Dutch player-protection duties and adds to Unibet’s regulatory penalties in the market.
| Date | Company | Amount | Story | Appeal status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 711 | Not stated | KSA orders 711 to remove influencer gambling promotions | Not stated | |
| ComeOn Group | Not stated | Netherlands Gambling Authority warns Tulipa Ent over AML compliance | Not stated |
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Norway’s Lotteritilsynet imposed a daily administrative fine of NOK 1.198 million on Trannel International over its Storspiller gambling operation in September 2022; the accumulated amount reached about NOK 21 million. The authority later closed its supervisory case after the activity targeting Norway ceased, but the article raises whether the fine was paid; it does not establish that it was.
The Kansspelautoriteit found during a 2025 check that One Casino and bet365 had offered bets on a football match involving an under-21 team, then discussed the breaches with both operators. One Casino cancelled bets and compensated players after a system classification error; bet365 corrected its system and added automated checks. The regulator said licence-holders remain responsible for their betting offers.
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.
FDJ United's gross gaming revenue in the Netherlands fell 8.6% in the first nine months of 2026, the company said in a financial update. UK GGR dropped 24.4%, while group revenue declined 5.6% to €2.576bn and total GGR fell 2.8% to €6.264bn. Higher gambling taxes cut revenue by €62m across the group.
FDJ United reported an 8.6% decline in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Netherlands for the first nine months of 2026, according to a financial update the company published on 22 October. The company operates in the Dutch online market through the Unibet and ZEbet sites. GGR in the United Kingdom also fell, by 24.4%.
A serious PHP vulnerability that led several Dutch organisations to take websites offline did not cause confirmed outages at legal online gambling providers, CasinoNieuws.nl reported after checking 30 licensed sites. The Kansspelautoriteit took its own sites offline as a precaution and said registration in the Cruks self-exclusion register was not possible while DigiD was down. Oranje Palace said it does not use PHP, Unibet reported no problems, and Nederlandse Loterij took the TOTO Winkel site offline temporarily.
A serious vulnerability in the PHP programming language, which led several Dutch organisations to take websites offline as a precaution, had not caused confirmed outages at legal online gambling providers as of 21 October. The outlet said it checked the websites of 30 licensed online gambling providers and that all were reachable at the time of writing, and that logging in at all legal gambling sites worked without problems. CasinoNieuws.nl said it examined public technical characteristics of the gambling sites but could not establish which providers use the affected PHP software.