The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) updated its guide for municipalities on supervising and enforcing gambling rules, the regulator said. The revised guide covers current legislation and matters including permits, oversight and licence holders’ duty of care; the KSA advised municipalities to use it as a reference.
Municipalities can use the updated guidance when handling permits, oversight and enforcement involving gambling machines.
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The KSA said it revoked a lottery licence that an unknown party obtained by impersonating the chairman of football club Quick Boys. According to the regulator, Quick Boys neither applied for the licence nor had links to the websites selling tickets. The KSA said it strengthened applicant identity and domain checks and reported the fraud to police.
The KSA has revoked a lottery licence that was held in the name of Quick Boys, a football club from Katwijk, after it was obtained through fraud, the regulator said. According to the KSA, an unknown party posed as the club's chairman during the application and obtained a lottery licence from the regulator. Quick Boys did not apply for a lottery licence and has no connection to the websites on which the lottery was offered, the KSA said. The club is itself a victim of identity fraud, according to the regulator.
The Netherlands Gaming Authority (KSA) said a fraudster obtained a lottery licence by impersonating Quick Boys’ chairman. The football club was not involved, and the licence was used to create websites that the KSA said did not belong to it. The regulator said it had strengthened checks on applicant identities and domain names, and reported the incident to police.
The Netherlands' gambling authority, the KSA, reprimanded TOTO Online over a promotion run through the social media channels of eight professional football clubs. Participants could enter a draw for a signed shirt by placing a bet of at least €5; the KSA said the use of players' signatures indirectly used professional sports figures to promote online gambling.
The Netherlands’ regulated online gambling market generated €602 million in gross gaming revenue in the second half of 2025, according to the Kansspelautoriteit’s latest available data. The regulator recorded 31 active licence holders in December 2025, while monthly average player losses stood at €124. The figures come as the Dutch market faces higher gambling taxes and competition from unlicensed operators.
The Netherlands' regulated online gambling market generated €602m in gross gaming revenue in the second half of 2025, according to the latest available data from the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA).
Spain requires online gambling operators to verify payment methods used for deposits and withdrawals from 28 October 2026 under Royal Decree 813/2026. Existing customers have six months to verify or replace linked payment methods; winnings cannot be withdrawn until the operator confirms that the payment method and account have the same holder. The Consumer Affairs Ministry said the measure aims to make identity fraud harder and reported 8,675 related complaints in 2025, up 12% year on year.
Spanish online gambling operators must check the payment methods that players use for deposits and withdrawals. The requirement comes from Real Decreto 813/2026, a royal decree set on 7 October that appeared in the Spanish official gazette one day afterwards. According to the source, the decree took effect twenty days after it was published.