Scammer was able to deceive the KSA’s application process and gain a lottery licence for a Dutch third division football club
Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has warned of scams involving forged lottery licences after revoking a licence that was obtained through fraudulent means.
The licence was issued in the name of Katwijk-based football club Quick Boys, which plays in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of the Dutch football league system.
The regulator said that an unknown party posed as the Quick Boys chairman during the application process and was able to secure a lottery license from the KSA.
The scammer used the licence to set up websites offering lottery tickets via loterij.quickboys.nl, loterijenqb.com, besteloterijqb.com, nieuweqb.com, bestenl.com, topnetherlands.com, newloterij.com, and topsloterij.com.
Quick Boys confirmed that it did not apply for a lottery license and has no connection to the websites on which the lottery was offered.
The KSA noted that this is not an isolated incident and what happened to Quick Boys is part of a broader trend, with scammers increasingly using false information to exploit the names and licenses of clubs that organise legitimate lotteries.
The regulator said that this also presents a new risk for the KSA to address in its role as regulator.
In another instance, a similar attempt was prevented due to 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 filed a report with the Dutch police.