The Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has imposed a €4,228,000 administrative fine on Starscream Limited for offering illegal online gambling to Dutch players via RantCasino, AllstarzCasino, and SugarCasino. The KSA explicitly frames enforcement as a “third-party” problem too—working with payment service providers, banks, hosting, and big tech—because unlicensed casinos don’t scale without rails.
A UK casino player has lifted the curtain on yet another payment setup sitting in the grey zone between regulated fintech and criminal gambling flows. Her email chain with Olky / Nun-Tech / KYCOIN describes how a Luxembourg-French “web3 payment” structure allegedly bypassed gambling and crypto blocks to send money straight into the wallet of Gamblezen, a Curaçao casino owned by Altacore N.V.