The Netherlands’ KSA issued a directive to Unibet over anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing breaches, according to the report. The operator reportedly had inadequate customer due diligence, and the action was its third encounter with the regulator in 18 months.
The directive signals regulatory concerns about Unibet’s customer due diligence controls in the Netherlands.
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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%.
FDJ United plans to review its online betting and gaming portfolio, a process that could lead to exits from some markets or asset sales, the company said in its first-half 2026 results. CEO Stéphane Pallez cited higher gambling taxes among the pressures on performance; first-half EBITDA fell to €404m from €441m a year earlier.
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.
Reportedly, France’s online gambling market generated €1.45bn in gross gaming revenue in the first half of 2026. Revenue rose 11% year on year, while online sports betting stakes reached €6.6bn, up 10.6%; the online market accounted for 25.6% of the wider market excluding casinos and gaming clubs.
France's online gambling market generated €1.45bn in gross gaming revenue in the first half of 2026, an increase of 11% on the same period a year earlier, according to figures. The online segment accounted for 25.6% of the overall market excluding casinos and gaming clubs, while activities run by operators holding exclusive rights contracted.
Hungary's government ordered a review of the SZTFH's operations, legal framework and possible transfer of its responsibilities, according to a resolution published on 31 August. Justice Minister Márta Görög must report by 30 September; the resolution does not dissolve the regulator or name a successor. The SZTFH said it would cooperate with the review.