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Vave, Vave Partners & AffPapa: The Live Article After a €3.082m Dutch Fine

AffPapa evidence file 16

AffPapa’s Vave Partners article remains live. The Dutch gambling regulator fined Chestoption SRL €3.082 million over unlicensed Vave.com gambling, after an earlier final order failed to stop the breaches & penalty payments were forfeited under that order.

Checked 2 September 2026

What AffPapa published or retained

Vave Partners partnership article.

What the authority did

Netherlands — Kansspelautoriteit: Chestoption Sociedad de Responsibilidad Limitada was fined €3,082,000 because it offered gambling without the required licence through, among other sites, Vave.com. KSA’s earlier order against Chestoption became final & irrevocable; a recheck found the breaches had not stopped. This does not by itself prove Chestoption was the operator when AffPapa formed its 2023 relationship, or identify the present operator.

Chronology

  1. 22 February 2023: AffPapa announced its Vave Partners relationship.
  2. April–June 2023: ACMA included vave.com in Australian blocking action.
  3. 18 December 2024: the Dutch KSA imposed an order subject to penalty payments on Chestoption SRL.
  4. 30 April 2025: KSA published the order & later stated that the breaches had not stopped & penalty payments were forfeited.
  5. 17 June 2026: KSA fined Chestoption SRL €3.082 million for unlicensed gambling through Vave.com & other sites.
  6. 2 September 2026: AffPapa’s Vave Partners article remained live.

What remains unanswered

AffPapa did not explain the checks behind this promotion, listing, award, seal or retained page. The relevant entity, timing & jurisdiction limits are set out above. The record does not establish what AffPapa knew on an earlier date unless a cited source says so.

Right of reply

No response was received.

InfoBets sent AffPapa & every relevant brand a right-of-reply request. The deadline was 17:00 CEST on 20 August 2026. No response was received by that deadline or by the publication cut-off on 2 September 2026. No response is not an admission. This report relies on the linked public records.

What this report does not claim

The official record is limited to the named jurisdiction, period, domain & entity. It does not establish worldwide illegality, a criminal conviction or wrongdoing by AffPapa unless a cited official source expressly says so.

Sources

Read the complete investigation: AffPapa Exposed: 24 Promotions After Regulators Acted — Zero Answers from CEO Levon Nikoghosyan

Evidence cut-off: 2 September 2026. Verified corrections will be timestamped.