KSA-licensed casinos & betting sites
44 casino and betting brands from 25 owner groups hold a licence from Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands Gambling Authority) in our data. The biggest owners are MGM Resorts International (7 brands), VBET (Vivaro) (7 brands) and Ardent Group (Gaming1) (3 brands). Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands Gambling Authority) has 46 actions, of which 43 fines totalling €118 million on record in our data.
Check a licence yourself: official licence register · KSA website.
About Kansspelautoriteit (Netherlands Gambling Authority)
The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) is the Dutch gambling regulator, set up on 1 April 2012. It licenses and supervises gambling in the Netherlands. Since the Remote Gambling Act (Wet Kansspelen op afstand, KOA) took effect on 1 October 2021, it also licenses online casinos and online betting for players in the Netherlands.
What a KSA licence means for you
A Dutch licence covers players in the Netherlands. Licensed sites must verify your identity, set and respect playing limits, and watch for signs of problem gambling under a legal duty of care.
Cruks is the central self-exclusion register. Licensed sites must check it every time a player logs in or visits, so one sign-up blocks you from all Dutch-licensed online gambling and land-based casinos and arcades. The minimum period is six months, and you cannot end it early.
Since 1 October 2024 operators must check whether a player can afford to gamble when net deposits in a month pass €700 (€300 for players aged 18 to 23). If the check fails, further deposits are blocked for the rest of that month.
The KSA does not settle individual money disputes. Complain to the operator first. The KSA uses reports from players to supervise licensees, and it fines both licensees and illegal operators.
To check a licence, look for the KSA licence-holder mark on the site, which should link to the KSA website, and search the KSA's register of licence holders (the Kansspelwijzer). The mark is not compulsory, so the register is the real check.
Recent rule changes
- The Dutch online market opened on 1 October 2021 under the KOA.
- From 1 July 2023 untargeted gambling advertising (TV, radio, print and public spaces) was banned. Online advertising is allowed only if at least 95% of the audience is 24 or older. After a two-year transition, sponsorship by online operators, including sports sponsorship, has been banned since 1 July 2025.
- The KSA's revised responsible-gaming policy rule was published in June 2024. The deposit-check thresholds (€700 net per month, €300 for 18 to 23-year-olds) applied from 1 October 2024.
Owners and their KSA-licensed brands
One row per owner group (the highest operating company, never an investment fund on top). A brand on several country domains counts once. Licence numbers are shown where the register gives one.
Fines and other actions by KSA (46)
46 actions, of which 43 fines totalling €118 million. Newest first. Amounts in the original currency; "—" means an action without a money penalty. Each row links to the regulator's own notice.
KSA fines by year and owner group →
| Date | Company | Amount | Reason | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-20 | Casino Zoetermeer B.V. Casino Zoetermeer B.V. | EUR 25,000 | Arcade let in players listed in Cruks (2022 case; published after court appeal failed). Land-based. | source |
| 2026-06-17 | Chestoption SRL / TechOptions Group (Vave) Chestoption S.R.L. | EUR 3,082,000 | Unlicensed offer via Vave.com and other sites, with Dutch-language advertising. | source |
| 2026-06-11 | 711 B.V. 711 B.V. | EUR 886,000 | Duty-of-care failures Feb 2022 to Jun 2024: in all ten checked files of heavy-losing or night-time players the operator did too little to step in. | source |
| 2026-02-24 | Fortaprime SRL Fortaprime SRL | EUR 1,795,000 | Fine for offering unlicensed gambling via eight websites; final. | source |
| 2026-01-13 | ComeOn Group Tulipa Ent Ltd (ComeOn) | EUR 750,000 | Duty-of-care failures with high-losing young adults, Dec 2023 to Sep 2024. | source |
| 2026-01-13 | Starscream Limited Starscream Limited | EUR 4,228,000 | Unlicensed offer via rantcasino.com, allstarzcasino.com and sugarcasino.com. | source |
| 2025-12-16 | Novatech Solutions N.V. Novatech Solutions N.V. | EUR 24,846,000 | Fine for offering unlicensed gambling to Dutch players via qbet.com and 55bet.com; objection lodged (published 10 Mar 2026). | source |
| 2025-12-16 | Starscream Limited Starscream Limited | EUR 4,228,000 | Fine for offering unlicensed gambling to Dutch players via three sites; final. | source |
| 2025-12-15 | Jack's Casino / JVH gaming & entertainment group JOI Gaming Ltd (Jacks.nl) | EUR 400,000 | Used role models (well-known people) to promote JACK'S Racing Day 2023; follows a 2024 penalty order. | source |
| 2025-12-03 | Magico Games N.V. Magico Games N.V. | no fine Order | Order subject to penalty payments for unlicensed offering via instaspin.com; final. | source |
| 2025-12-02 | Kindred Group plc Optdeck Service Ltd (Unibet NL) | EUR 4,000,000 | Duty-of-care failures Jul 2022 to Jul 2024: late income checks after big losses, weak pop-up interventions (date = press report). | source |
| 2025-09-04 | Starscream Limited Starscream Limited | EUR 840,000 | Collection of penalty payments forfeited under a Jan 2025 order. | source |
| 2025-09-02 | Kindred Group plc Optdeck Service Ltd (Unibet) | EUR 450,000 | Penalty order (EUR 75,000 per week, max EUR 450,000; amount is the maximum, not a paid fine) for offering banned bet types such as corners and yellow cards, Oct 2022 to May 2025. | source |
| 2025-04-15 | Unnamed KSA licensee Unnamed KSA licensee | EUR 734,000 | First duty-of-care fine on a licensee for weak protection of young adults; licensee name not published. | source |
| 2025-04-09 | Techno Offshore Limited Techno Offshore Limited | EUR 1,200,000 | Unlicensed offer via nolimitbet.com and simplecasino.com, with no visible age check. | source |
| 2025-03-06 | Sarah Eternal S.R.L. Sarah Eternal S.R.L. | EUR 900,000 | Unlicensed offer via Casinosky. | source |
| 2025-01-23 | Entain plc Betent B.V. (BetCity) | EUR 2,650,000 | Duty-of-care failures toward ten young adults (one 21-year-old lost EUR 45,000 in two weeks); BetCity is owned by Entain. | source |
| 2025-01-14 | Winning Poker Network Winning Poker Network | EUR 1,275,000 | Dutch players admitted on americascardroom.eu and truepoker.eu without a licence. | source |
| 2025-01-06 | Alimaniere S.R.L. Alimaniere S.R.L. | EUR 1,050,000 | Unlicensed offer via time2spin.com, then a mirror site after an IP block. | source |
| 2024-12-18 | Kindred Group plc Optdeck Service Ltd (Unibet NL) | EUR 400,000 | Let players registered in the CRUKS self-exclusion register gamble. | source |
| 2024-11-22 | Blue High House S.A. Blue High House S.A. | EUR 1,125,000 | Unlicensed offer via betonline.ag. | source |
| 2024-10-30 | Novatech Solutions N.V. Novatech Solutions N.V. | no fine Order | Earlier order subject to penalty payments; final. | source |
| 2024-10-24 | NetX Betting Ltd NetX Betting Ltd | EUR 675,000 | Dutch players could gamble on pferdewetten.de and betbird.com without a Dutch licence. | source |
| 2024-09-05 | BC.Game BlockDance B.V. | no fine Order | Order subject to penalty payments for offering unlicensed gambling to Dutch players. | source |
| 2024-04-11 | Casbit Group N.V. Casbit Group N.V. | EUR 840,000 | Order to stop unlicensed offering on lala.bet; EUR 280k/week penalty up to EUR 840k cap. | source |
| 2024-02-29 | Gammix Limited Gammix Limited | EUR 19,679,000 | Fine for offering unlicensed gambling to Dutch players and not blocking them; upheld on objection 17 Sep 2025; court appeals filed. | source |
| 2023-11-30 | Entain plc BetEnt B.V. (BetCity) | EUR 3,000,000 | Anti-money-laundering (Wwft) breaches: weak customer due diligence and transaction monitoring. | source |
| 2023-10-30 | MKC Limited MKC Limited | EUR 900,000 | Unlicensed offer via betworld247.com. | source |
| 2023-10-30 | GoldWin Limited GoldWin Limited | EUR 6,794,000 | Unlicensed offer via westcasino.com. | source |
| 2023-10-12 | L.C.S. Limited L.C.S. Limited | EUR 2,074,000 | Unlicensed offer on sonsofslots.com after an earlier penalty order. | source |
| 2023-06-05 | Bingoal Bingoal Nederland B.V. | EUR 400,000 | Sent marketing to 18-24-year-olds between Oct 2021 and Mar 2022. | source |
| 2023-04-20 | Entain plc Betent B.V. (BetCity) | EUR 400,000 | Advertising aimed at young adults (date = trade press report). | source |
| 2023-03-23 | Red Ridge Marketing Red Ridge Marketing | EUR 675,000 | Affiliate fined for advertising unlicensed online casinos. | source |
| 2023-03-10 | bet365 Group Hillside New Media Malta Plc | EUR 400,000 | Sent advertising and bonuses to registered 18-24-year-olds from 26 Oct 2021 to 1 Feb 2022. | source |
| 2023-03-03 | N1 Interactive N1 Interactive Limited | EUR 12,640,000 | Fine for offering online gambling without a Dutch licence; contested in court, ruling 23 Aug 2024 per KSA page. | source |
| 2023-02-09 | Equinox Dynamic N.V. Equinox Dynamic N.V. & Domiseda and Partners s.r.o. | EUR 900,000 | Fine for unlicensed online gambling via orienxpress.com; objection filed. | source |
| 2023-02-08 | Bingoal Bingoal Nederland B.V. | EUR 350,000 | For several days in June 2022 let players in without checking the Cruks self-exclusion register (expired certificate). | source |
| 2023-01-25 | Jack's Casino / JVH gaming & entertainment group JOI Gaming Ltd (Jacks.nl) | EUR 400,000 | Marketing messages for jacks.nl reached young adults (Dec 2021 to Mar 2022). | source |
| 2022-12-31 | Videoslots Group Videoslots Limited | EUR 9,874,000 | Unlicensed offer to Dutch players (fine imposed end Dec 2022, announced Mar 2023; date approximate). | source |
| 2022-11-25 | Nederlandse Loterij TOTO Online B.V. | EUR 400,000 | Sent advertising including bonuses to its whole customer base, including young adults, Oct 2021 to Feb 2022. | source |
| 2021-09-24 | Tipico Group Tipico Co. Ltd | EUR 531,250 | Offered online gambling to Dutch players via tipico.com without a Dutch licence (before the 2021 market opening). (Before the current parent owned it. Banijay Gaming completed its purchase of Tipico on 23 April 2026.) | source |
| 2021-07-13 | N1 Interactive N1 Interactive Limited | EUR 500,000 | Fine for offering online gambling to Dutch players without a licence. | source |
| 2021-05-21 | Raging Rhino (luckydays.com) Raging Rhino (luckydays.com) | EUR 440,000 | Offered gambling to Dutch players via luckydays.com using iDEAL payments. | source |
| 2019-08-19 | Kindred Group plc Trannel International Ltd (unibet.eu) | EUR 470,000 | Offered online gambling to Dutch players before the market was licensed (date = press report). (Before the current parent owned it. FDJ United bought Kindred in October 2024.) | source |
| 2019-04 | Casumo Casumo | EUR 310,000 | Site reachable by Dutch players without a Dutch licence. | source |
| 2019 | LeoVegas Group Royal Panda (LeoVegas) | EUR 400,000 | Offering games to Dutch players without a Dutch licence (LeoVegas brand also fined ~€350k). | source |
Questions
Does Cruks cover all Dutch online casinos?
Yes, all sites with a Dutch licence. Licensed sites must check Cruks each time you play.
How do I check a Dutch gambling licence?
Search the Kansspelwijzer register of licence holders on kansspelautoriteit.nl. Licensed sites may also show the KSA mark, which should link to the KSA website.
Is there a deposit limit in the Netherlands?
Operators must check affordability when net deposits pass €700 a month, or €300 for players aged 18 to 23.
Sources
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/markt-voor-legale-online-kansspelen-open
- https://cruksregister.nl
- https://sbcnews.co.uk/uncategorized/2023/04/20/netherlands-1-july-ad-ban/
- https://igamingbusiness.com/legal-compliance/regulation/nl-regulator-sets-e300-deposit-limit-for-players-aged-18-24/
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102249867
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/kansspelwijzer
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/register-licensees
- https://cruksregister.nl/hulp
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/ksa-publiceert-woordmerk-koa
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/en/openovergokken.nl/deposit-limits-spending-limits
- https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuws/2024/10/01/maatregelen-ingegaan-voor-betere-bescherming-spelers-van-online-kansspelen
- https://kansspelautoriteit.nl/sponsoring
See also: all casinos licensed in the Netherlands.
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Last checked: regulator text 19 Oct 2026; brand and fine data 19 Oct 2026. How we check facts.