The Netherlands Gambling Authority (Ksa) has revoked a lottery license. The license was issued in the name of the football club Quick Boys from Katwijk but was obtained through professional fraud.

Quick Boys did not apply for a lottery license and has no connection to the websites where this lottery was offered; the club itself is a victim of identity fraud. An unknown party posed as the Quick Boys chairman during the application process and thereby secured a lottery license from the Ksa. The fraudster used the license to set up websites offering lottery tickets.

These websites are: loterij.quickboys.nl, loterijenqb.com, besteloterijqb.com, nieuweqb.com, bestenl.com, topnetherlands.com, newloterij.com, and topsloterij.com. These websites do not belong to Quick Boys.

What happened to Quick Boys is part of a broader trend. Scammers are increasingly using false information to exploit the names and licenses of associations that organize legal lotteries. This affects both the associations—whose good names are being misused—and consumers, who believe they are participating in a legitimate lottery. This also presents a new risk for the Ksa in its role as regulator. In another instance, a similar attempt was prevented thanks to additional checks.

“Consumers must be able to rely on a Ksa license. We take the fact that a scammer managed to deceive our application process very seriously,” says Ella Seijsener, Director of Licensing at the Ksa. “We have immediately tightened our verification procedures regarding the identity of applicants and the domain names listed in the gambling guide.”