NetX offered illegal online games of chance on both pferdewetten.de and betbird.com, in which Dutch players could also participate. No measures had been taken to exclude Dutch players. The Ksa now imposes a fine of €675,000 for this violation, comprising a basic amount of €600,000 with an elevating circumstance.

Dutch players must be protected

What we see in general is that the illegal operators pay scant attention towards the player and also not at all carry out their care duty. Here, for example, we would come across a practice that after the players are created for some time and do not use the account, the operator imposes a ‘penalty’ whereby after being in force they would charge them with a certain amount of money for not playing a specified time take a fee. So, a player is punished if not taking part in the offered (illegal) games of chance.