Dutch regulator orders Endorphina to end ties with unlicensed gambling sites accessible in the Netherlands

The Dutch Gambling Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has issued a binding instruction to Endorphina Limited in Malta and Endorphina Ltd. in Cyprus. The order requires the games supplier to end its partnerships with unlicensed gambling websites that can also be reached from the Netherlands.

According to the regulator, Endorphina's online casino games were found on sites that hold no KSA licence yet continue to target Dutch residents and have not restricted player access. The supplier has two weeks to comply, counting from Monday, November 2. The KSA has not taken any immediate enforcement or punitive action against the company and is seeking compliance through the instruction itself.

The authority says it is entitled to demand this step. Its position is that licensed suppliers and operators in the country, along with their intermediaries, may not also work with gambling websites that lack a Dutch licence and are accessible to local players.

KSA inspectors reported accessing Endorphina games on such sites between January 12 and February 19, 2026. They documented 15 instances involving named titles, including Fortune Snake, Bad Santa, Hell Hot 100 and Royal X-Mass. In total, at least 28 sites without a Dutch licence were accessed in this way, and the regulator said none of them tried to block access.

Endorphina has received the instruction but argues that the regulator's premise may be flawed. It said the KSA may not have properly established which games the offshore operators actually offered, and explained that it runs its Malta and Cyprus entities to serve different markets. The regulator rejected that argument, saying it is irrelevant to the purposes of the instruction. The supplier also said there is no evidence it intentionally supplied games to illegal providers in the Netherlands, and that it has not been given information from the KSA's investigation into third-party misuse of its content.

The case suggests the Dutch authorities are seeking additional levers to pressure companies that can influence illegal websites, including suppliers active in regulated markets. The Netherlands is not alone: Sweden introduced rules some years ago to hold suppliers responsible. Endorphina notes that differing local interpretations of such measures still create confusion and leave businesses in a difficult position.