Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has imposed penalty payment orders on three companies for their part in promoting illegal online casinos via the Casinoscount.nl website, with each facing a potential penalty of €225,000 ($262,897).
SBM Holding Group, Sun Block Media Labs 2.0 and JEF Holdings have all been flagged by the regulator. Each company is a part-owner of the Casinoscount.nl, an online casino comparison website.
Previously, Casinoscount.nl only promoted licensed websites in the Netherlands. However, since ownership changed to the three parties in January 2025, the KSA discovered it was also advertising illegal operators.
Among the illegal operators being promoted on the website was Talksaspins.com. The KSA previously took action against LCS Limited, the company behind Talksaspins.com, for illegal activities in the Netherlands.
The regulator also flagged how illegal sites were being shown as approved brands alongside operators that actually hold a Dutch licence. This, KSA said, would have caused confusion among visitors as to which sites were legal and approved.
Regulator discovers further illegal online casino promotion
KSA approached each of the three owners to warn it would impose penalties if they did not cease promoting illegal websites. However, none of the companies responded.
As such, it contacted the Foundation for Internet Domain Registration in the Netherlands to request Casinoscount.nl be taken down. While temporarily offline, the three owners put in place an IP block to prevent Dutch visitors.
However, once back up, adverts for illegal content reappeared on the site. As a result, the Casinoscount.nl site has now been taken offline permanently.
During its investigation, KSA also discovered another site that was promoting illegal online casinos. Casinoscout.nl linked directly to besteonlinecasinonederland.com which is also owned by the three companies in question.
As KSA deemed this a continued violation of regulations, it proceeded to issue the penalty payment order. This will apply to each of the three owners of they continue to promote illegal website.
The penalty payments will be set at €75,000 per week for each company, up to a maximum of €225,000.
Talkaspins.com was one of the illegal online casinos featured on Casinoscout.nl.