A recent investigation by Casinonieuws.nl has uncovered advertising campaigns for two fake iGaming brands in the Netherlands on Facebook and Instagram.
The first brand, Virgil Casino, has been using the image of the Netherlands national football team captain Virgil van Dijk along with the logo of the news portal NU.nl, linking to an unlicensed online casino called SpinJoys.
The second brand, Bol Casino, has co-opted the name of the well-known Dutch online store Bol.com and the logo of the state lottery Staatsloterij, also linking to an unlicensed online casino named Casoola.
Industry expert Frank Kruit has also drawn attention to the Bol Casino advertisements. According to Facebook, the creators of the advertising account registered it in Vietnam on March 30 under the name Destinyo Cristopher Locey and later renamed it. A previous account with the same name was blocked by Meta for violating platform rules.