KSA revokes lottery licence fraudulently obtained in the name of Dutch club Quick Boys

The Dutch gaming authority, KSA, has revoked a lottery licence that was obtained in the name of amateur football club Quick Boys after an unidentified individual impersonated the club’s chairman during the application process. For PSPs and operators, the point is not the football club; it is that the licence was used to spin up multiple lottery websites, which is exactly the sort of identity-and-domain abuse regulators are now tightening against.

1. According to the KSA, the licence was fraudulently secured through impersonation and then used to create multiple websites offering lottery tickets. The regulator stressed that Quick Boys had no involvement in the application and is being treated as a victim of identity fraud.
2. The KSA issued a clear consumer warning: do not submit personal or financial information on those websites. Anyone who bought tickets was told to contact their bank, file a police report, and notify both the national fraud helpdesk and the KSA so the scale of the fraud can be assessed.
3. The regulator said it has filed its own police report and declined further comment while investigations continue. It also said it has strengthened scrutiny of verifications and domains after the discovery.
4. More broadly, the KSA said it is seeing more attempts to use false information to obtain licences and then exploit that licence’s legitimacy to collect consumer funds. In at least one separate case, enhanced verification processes stopped a similar fraud, though the regulator did not identify the operator involved.
5. In direct response to the Quick Boys case, the KSA tightened identity verification protocols and increased scrutiny of domain names listed in its public Gambling Guide, Kansspelwijzer. Ella Seijsener, director of licensing at the KSA, said the regulator takes very seriously the fact that a scammer managed to mislead the application process.

The KSA has also recently updated its guidance on statutory means testing for online gambling players. The means test is part of the regulator’s duty of care framework introduced in 2024, and inspections found that shortcomings are still showing up despite improvements across the sector.