Online gambling operator Betsson AB has lost its bid to challenge the Netherlands’ gaming regulator’s right to take enforcement action against online gambling sites it doesn’t like.

A couple months back, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) regulatory body announced that it was taking “a new step in combating remote gambling,” which the KSA insists remains 100% illegal in the Netherlands until Dutch legislators get their act together and approve their long-overdue Remote Gaming Bill.

The KSA is already one of Europe’s more aggressive regulators in terms of taking enforcement action against internationally licensed online gambling sites targeting Dutch punters. But the new rules dramatically broadened the scope of what qualifies as punishable behavior, and some operators felt the KSA was getting too big for its britches.

Betsson, which operates the Dutch-facing Kroon Casino and Oranje Casino online gambling brands, filed a legal challenge in The Hague based on its belief that its Dutch-facing brands had complied with the KSA’s previous policies, as well as the fact that the KSA’s failure to launch enforcement action against these brands amounted to a de facto toleration of the sites’ activity.