Dutch Gambling Regulator Revokes Lottery Licence Over Fraud Allegations.
The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has warned the public about scams involving forged lottery licences after cancelling one that had been obtained fraudulently.
Quick Boys received the licence. A football club based in Katwijk that competes in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of Dutch football.
According to the KSA, an unidentified person impersonated the club’s chairman during the application process and secured a lottery licence. The individual then used it to launch websites selling lottery tickets: loterij.quickboys.nl, loterijenqb.com, besteloterijqb.com, nieuweqb.com, bestenl.com, topnetherlands.com, newloterij.com, and topsloterij.com.
Quick Boys said it had not applied for a lottery licence and was not affiliated with any of the websites.
A wider concern
The KSA said the incident is part of a broader pattern. Scammers are increasingly using false details to exploit the names and licences of clubs that run legitimate lotteries, creating a new challenge for the regulator.
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The authority said it had stopped a similar attempt in another case by carrying out additional checks.
“Consumers need to be able to trust a KSA license,” said Ella Seijsener, director of licensing at the KSA. “We take the fact that a fraudster managed to deceive our application process very seriously. We have immediately tightened our verification procedures regarding the identities of applicants and the domain names listed in the Kansspelwijzer (official directory).”
The KSA has reported the case to Dutch police.
