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A Swedish Administrative Court has backed the gaming regulator’s findings that Betsson committed ‘serious violations of money laundering regulations’.

Spelinspektionen first brought action against Betsson Nordic Ltd, alongside Spooniker Ltd – a then-subsidiary of FDJ United’s Kindred Group – and Snabbare Ltd – a subsidiary of ComeOn Group, for failing to take sufficient customer due diligence measures in May 2025.

The regulator warned all three and handed them fines of SEK 6.5m, SEK 10m and SEK 5.5m, respectively, for actions that took place in 2023.

In each instance, Spelinspektionen investigated the operator’s processes for a select group of customers and found that they had failed to adequately identify the source of income for large deposits that couldn’t be justified by the consumer’s taxable income.

The operators attributed the funds to previous winnings; however, Spelinspektionen said that this could not be accurately verified, as the funds had been removed from the consumer..

Vergunde Nederlandse Online Kansspelaanbieders (VNLOK) is taking legal action against Meta and has filed a complaint with the European Commission over illegal gambling advertisements appearing on its social media platforms.

Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf has also reported that some of the illegal adverts included images of international football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk.

VNLOK stated that Meta’s measures in tackling illegal gambling ads on Facebook and Instagram are ‘structurally inadequate’, that vulnerable groups are being reached in large numbers and that the company is refusing to enter substantive dialogue.

However, VNLOK also believes other companies, such as Google, as well as relevant banks and game providers, can do more to tackle the activity of illegal gambling operators in the Netherlands, including advertising.

VNLOK: Meta needs to do more

The trade association noted that an average of over 70,000 gambling ads targeting the Netherlands were visible o..

The Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA) has continued its strong compliance focus, this time taking aim at Betnation for failures related to the Cruks self-exclusion system.

The KSA issued Smart Gaming, the operator of Betnation, an official warning after it failed to verify whether a group of players were on the Cruks exclusion register between January and March 2026.

As a result, these players were able to gamble without being checked, including one who had previously self-excluded.

The regulator said in a statement: “The KSA considers it highly reprehensible that the Cruks checks were not carried out. Players who register themselves in Cruks do so to protect themselves and must be able to assume that, as a result, they cannot gamble at licensed providers.”

Betnation attributed the failure to a ‘technical error’ which meant the checks were not performed.

The operator said that it manually checked the players affected. However, it was unable to determine whether a small group of playe..

Sweden’s Administrative Court has made decisions regarding fines that two different operators – Videoslots and LeoVegas – received from Spelinspektionen last year in relation to the duty of care.

Roar Vegas, trading as LeoVegas, saw its March 2025 warning and SEK 8m penalty fee (approximately €734,000) for ‘deficiencies in the duty of care’ from the Swedish gambling regulator overruled by the court.

The court stated that LeoVegas ‘has not clearly and distinctly breached the duty of care’ and so the decision from Spelinspektionen was annulled.

However, the Administrative Court took the opposite stance with the decision regarding Videoslots, which received a warning and a SEK 12m sanction fee (approximately €1.1m) for ‘deficiencies in the duty of care’ in April last year.

The court noted that it shared the regulator’s assessment of Videoslots that, for the majority of players examined, the company ‘clearly and distinctly breached its duty of care’ and so rejected its appeal, finding ..

711 Group has reiterated that it has ‘always acted in good faith and within the legal framework in place at the time’ in the Dutch iGaming market after receiving a fine of almost €900,000 from Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) for duty of care violations.

In a statement to iGaming Expert, Tom De Backer, Group CEO and Co-Founder, said that the operator is investigating its potential next steps and remains committed to ‘strengthening and optimising’ its duty of care and responsible gambling measures.

711 BV was fined a total of €886,000 by the KSA for failing to comply with the duty of care after an investigation by the Dutch gambling regulator discovered failures from February 2022 to June 2024.

Ten player files were requested by the regulator as part of its investigation, from individuals who suffered high losses, gambled for a high number of days and placed bets at night, with violations found in all files.

Michel Groothuizen, Chair of the KSA, said: “We have observed that not all provider..