The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) has imposed a fine of €1,050,000 on Alimaniere Sociedad De Responsabilidad for offering online gambling without a license.

This is prohibited. Dutch players could gamble on the website time2spin.com, owned by Alimaniere. A re-inspection revealed that the website was no longer accessible due to an IP block. A new investigation revealed that the provider had created another website, timetospin1.com. Dutch players could access it with the account they had previously created on the other website. A penalty payment order had previously been imposed for that offer. Following the Ksa’s intervention, both websites are now no longer accessible.

In addition to imposing a penalty payment order, the Ksa can also impose sanctions for the period in which the illegal offer was available. This is also the case here. The investigation revealed that there were various matters that led to a higher fine than the basic fine of €600,000 being imposed.

Michel Groothuizen, chairman of the board of the Ksa: ‘The Netherlands has a legal market to ensure that people who want to gamble can do so safely. With illegal providers, we often see that no account is taken of the prevention of risky gaming behavior. For example, there was a lack of age verification, which also allowed minors to play, and inactivity costs were charged when someone did not use their account for a while. We therefore take tough action against these types of parties.’