Ksa moves to collect €840,000 from Starzino's owner

Last updated: 10 Nov 2026, 08:04 CET

**The Netherlands Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit, Ksa) has published a decision to collect €840,000 in forfeited penalty payments from 3-102-897762 LTDA, the company that offered games of chance on starzino.com. The collection decision (*invorderingsbesluit*), dated 17 July 2026 and published on the Ksa site on 9 November, follows a 6 March 2026 penalty order (*last onder dwangsom*).**

The Ksa's 6 March order, as restated in the collection decision, found that the company offered games of chance via starzino.com without a licence under the Betting and Gaming Act (*Wet op de kansspelen*, Wok). From the Netherlands, it was possible to open a player account, make a deposit and play, and no technical measures blocked participants in the Netherlands.

The penalty order and the later rechecks

The 6 March order required the company, within four weeks, to stop and stay stopped offering unlicensed remote games of chance from the Netherlands. That covered the site the Ksa had investigated and any other sites the company owned or managed, as well as any other activity, including apps, that let people in the Netherlands take part. After the grace period, the company would forfeit €420,000 per week or part-week, up to a maximum of €840,000. The grace period ended on 3 April 2026. The collection decision says no objection was filed against the penalty order.

A Ksa supervisor then checked the site on 7 April and 14 April 2026. The decision says it was possible to log in to starzino.com with existing account details and play, and that the breach had not ended. The Ksa therefore found that €840,000 had been forfeited by operation of law (two weeks at €420,000).

The collection decision

An intended-collection letter of 1 May 2026 did not reach the company by post and was sent again on 28 May. The Ksa found no special circumstances to waive collection. It decided, under article 5:37 of the General Administrative Law Act, to collect the €840,000, payable within six weeks of 17 July 2026. The decision is signed for the Ksa board by mr. P.J.H. Benner, team manager of supervision, in The Hague.

The Ksa publication page states that an objection can be made against both the collection decision (ref. 20095/01.399.407) and the accompanying publication decision. The collection decision itself does not say whether any money has been received.

According to the 6 March penalty order, 3-102-897762 LTDA is registered in Costa Rica.

For earlier Ksa enforcement in the same penalty-payment route, see the record €37.25 million Instantcasino/Skyhills decision.

Updates

• 10 Nov 2026: first published.