The Netherlands' Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) announced on 22 October that it had imposed a €37 million fine on EOD Code SRL for offering gambling without a Dutch licence. The regulator described it as its largest penalty for illegal gambling supply.
In its announcement, Ksa said investigators could gamble on several company websites without measures preventing participation from the Netherlands. The investigation began with Instantcasino and expanded to sites including Skyhills. EOD Code had previously received an order subject to penalty payments.
What the regulator found
Ksa identified aggravating issues including the absence of visible age verification and the availability of cryptocurrency and anonymous payment methods. It linked those payment arrangements to money-laundering risk. These are the regulator's findings, not a claim that every cryptocurrency payment is unlawful.
The authority said it used an estimated-revenue basis because standard penalties would not adequately reflect revenue from the illegal offering. Its announcement does not publish a revenue figure or a calculation that would let a reader reconstruct the €37 million amount.
The new fine has its own procedural status
Ksa's EOD Code case record identifies the fine decision as dated 6 October 2026, with the announcement dated 22 October. Under that decision, the record says an objection can be made. That wording does not establish that an objection has actually been filed.
The same record contains earlier orders and collection-related decisions marked as final. Those statuses belong to the entries beside them. They should not be transferred to the new fine simply because all the documents appear on one page.
An imposed fine, its collection and compensation to individual players are separate questions. Neither the announcement nor the case-index wording establishes that this €37 million has been collected or will be distributed to players. The linked record is the place to recheck procedural status as the case develops.
Check permission for the market concerned
For a company review, the relevant question here is permission to serve the Netherlands. A licence claim concerning another jurisdiction does not answer that question. Our Netherlands KOA licence guide explains the local scope and verification process.
When documenting an operator, keep the website, legal entity, applicable market permission and date of the check together. Separately record enforcement decisions and the status of each decision. Our casino licence-checking guide provides a broader verification workflow.
This report concerns the Dutch enforcement action announced on 22 October, not a new worldwide ruling on every website named by Ksa. No link to an investigated gambling service is provided.