KSA takes action three gambling influencers
Influencers posted videos on social media platforms featuring illegal providers
The KSA (Netherlands Gambling Authority) has imposed a penalty on three gambling influencers, Stiefunspeelt, Turcos, and Buurtwachtt, for posting videos on their social media platforms featuring gambling with illegal providers. Influencers appeal to a young and therefore vulnerable target group.
Influencers Stiefunspeelt, Turcos, and Buurtwachtt posted videos on their social media platforms featuring gambling with illegal providers.
Stiefunspeelt, Turcos, and Buurtwachtt are well-known Dutch bloggers who actively publish content on YouTube and TikTok.
Turcos has previously advertised the Skyhills online casino on his Instagram account ‘locos_turcos’ (78,000 followers) and on his YouTube channel ‘LocosTurcos’ (45,000 followers). On 12 June 2025, he posted a story on Instagram with a link to Skyhills.
The KSA said: “They also actively promoted gambling by encouraging their followers to also gamble with these illegal providers. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Ksa) has previously explicitly reminded all three influencers that creating videos promoting illegal gambling is prohibited. Therefore, the KSA is imposing a penalty on all three influencers. This requires them to remove existing content within 48 hours and prohibits them from creating new advertisements for illegal providers. If they do so, the influencer who committed the violation will receive a penalty of €25,000 per violation, with a maximum of €75,000.”
The agency added: “The KSA continues to closely monitor these types of violations and emphasizes that young people must be protected from this type of content about illegal gambling. If influencers do not respond to requests to remove content, the tech platforms are also required to remove the content as quickly as possible.”
