Netherlands T
he gaming industry in the Netherlands saw a total gross turnover of €770m in 2013/14. Slots account for 50 per cent of this sector
whilst sports betting has a one percent share of the gambling market.
The history of betting in the Netherlands dates back to the 18th century. The Nederlandse Staatsloterij (National State Lottery) was established in 1726 and as such is the oldest lottery in the world.
By the early 1900s there was a complete ban on sports betting in Holland and all other gaming activities except the lottery.
Sports betting began in the Netherlands in 1957 when the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) began to organise it. The KNVB is the largest sports federation in the country and was set up in 1889.
Football gained huge popularity in the country and clubs mushroomed. In the early 1950s the introduction of professional football arrived and today the association has over 1.2 million members. The KNVB organises some 33,000 matches. The KNVB organised sports betting until 1961 when sports betting was legalised as a second state monopoly and Stichting Nationale Sporttotalisator (De Lotto) was founded to take over.
Today, sports betting is run by two organisations – De Lotto which operates sports betting of all sorts (except horse racing and trotting) and Sportech Racing BV which runs the totalisator for parimutuel betting on horse trotting and racing. Sportech Racing is a subsidiary of the UK’s Sportech PLC company operating in the Netherlands under the name Runnerz. It is the sole licensee in the Netherlands for the organisation of bets on horse races at home and abroad via the tote method. This has operated since 2010 via Sportech Racing.
The licence for operating bets on horse racing runs until 2016. Dutch revenues for Sportech were £5.1m in 2014 compared to £5.3m in 2013 with an EBITDA of £0.3m.
THE DUTCH MARKETS SECTOR
Lottery
LICENSEE Nederlandse Staatsloterij
SALES €772.6m
Holding Nationale Goede Doelen €827.7m Samenwerkende Loterijen De Lotto €59.6m
€25.3m €253.1
Sports betting De Lotto
Casinos Slots
TOTAL 4 6
Sportech Racing Holland Casino Holland Casinos Slots halls
€53.7m €23.1m
PRIZES
€466.2m €298.7m €0.7m
€144.3m €20.4m
Included above €16.9m
GGR
€306.4m €638.1m €24.6m €162.5m
CHARITY €413.8m
€19.2m
Included above Included above €6.2m €209m
€1.6m
€242.5m €769.3m €2.35bn
€494.2m €123.6m
STATE FUNDS €123.6m
GAMING TAX €63.9m €41.3m €0.1m
Included above €0.4m €60m
€70.9m €223.1m €480.1m
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