Dutch Regulator Orders Endorphina To Block Illegal Sites
The Dutch gambling regulator has issued a binding directive to slot supplier Endorphina, ordering it to stop offering its games to Dutch players on unlicensed websites. The decision is dated October 19, 2026 and was published by the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) on November 2.
The directive covers both Endorphina Limited in Malta and Endorphina Ltd in Cyprus. It is part of a wider push against illegal gambling, and the regulator's chief has said the Netherlands cannot win alone, as covered in our report.
The KSA found that neither company had taken adequate measures to keep its games off online casino sites that offer gambling in the Netherlands without a licence.
In the regulator's view, that promotes unlicensed gambling and breaches Article 1(1)(b) of the Betting and Gaming Act, according to the KSA decision summary.
Endorphina has two weeks from the date of the decision to implement adequate measures and report back to the regulator.
The KSA says it can do that through technical changes in its own operations and through contract terms with the customers and distributors that carry its games. The decision can be challenged by way of an objection.
What Inspectors Found
KSA inspectors, working from Dutch IP addresses, played Endorphina titles on unlicensed sites in four rounds of checks.
The first came in January and February 2026; the second on June 8, 10, and 17; and the last on September 29 and 30. Titles recorded in the full decision include Hell Hot 100, Royal Xmass 2 and Sloth Game.
In the first round, Hell Hot 100 was played on starzino.com and amonbet.com on January 12. In the latest round, the same game was recorded on luckygem.com, while 2025 Hitslot was played on igo.bet.
The regulator reported that it found no technical measures that would prevent players in the Netherlands from accessing the games.
Two of the sites had already been sanctioned. The operators of qbet.com and luckygem.com have both received a penalty payment order, the second on September 15, 2026.
Even so, Endorphina games were still playable on both in the latest checks, the KSA said.
How The Talks Went
The KSA first contacted Endorphina through its website contact form on April 2, 2026, and the supplier replied the next day. The regulator sent its findings on April 15, and the two sides spoke on April 16.
Over the following weeks, the KSA asked for information on how the games reached the sites, and on June 5 it told Endorphina that formal measures would follow. It announced its intention to issue the directive to Endorphina Malta on July 14.
Endorphina disputed the findings throughout, as recorded in the decision. It said it found no evidence that it knowingly supplied unlicensed operators, that it is a B2B provider that does not offer games to players itself, and that it checks for a valid Dutch licence before distributing in the market.
It added that some supply runs through licensed B2B intermediaries, so seeing a game on a site does not show Endorphina supplied it directly.
In its July 23 response, Endorphina Malta argued that it and the Cyprus entity are separate legal entities with their own licences, contracts, distribution channels and remote gaming server set-ups.
It said that after receiving the KSA's details, it took preventive steps and found none of its games on the named sites at its latest check, without admitting any breach. The regulator went ahead and addressed the directive to both entities.
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Why It Matters
The case targets a game supplier rather than an operator. The KSA says intermediaries and service providers play an important role in keeping unlicensed offers running, and it says it wants to put barriers in their way.
In the separate publication decision, it said that naming the case would warn other suppliers and intermediaries about the consequences of supplying unlicensed Dutch-facing sites.
The regulator also gave consumers a reason to go public. Endorphina games appear on both licensed Dutch betting sites and unlicensed ones, and the KSA said that overlap can give players the impression that an unlicensed site is legitimate.
Suppliers with Dutch-licensed partners may now face closer scrutiny of where else their titles appear.
