Reports EMEA - THE NETHERLANDS 1
The Dutch online market in 2014 saw €275m in gross profit. For 2015 it was estimated to reach €296m. The online market has grown significantly between 2003 and 2015 and today represents 13 percent of the total gambling market in Netherlands. Biggest sectors are sports betting (31 percent), lottery (23 percent) casino (22 percent), poker (12 percent) and bingo/other gaming (12 percent).
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Players are mostly men, highly educated and between 20 and 35. There are an estimated 3,000 young people (aged 14-18) who have managed to play online.
3 Many Dutch participate in illegal online gambling via foreign
websites and it is estimated that around one million Dutch already gamble online.
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Eight of the largest international players are currently B2C providers (business to consumer) whilst two are B2B (business to business) providers/game developers.
model as opposed to the Belgian model. In May 2013 Te Netherlands published draft legislation for online gambling for a launch date of January. 1, 2015. It was further announced that license
applications would cost between €35,000 and €50,000 and that licences would be valid for five years. In addition operators wishing to receive a license would have to be registered in a European Union or European Economic Area state. Operators would be allowed to offer a full range of gaming products including sports betting, poker and casinos.
TAXATION In early 2013 the proposed tax rate was set at 29
per cent of GGR. Tis was the same tax which is currently in place regarding the brick-and- mortar Holland casinos. However, the 29 per cent tax rate would have made it difficult for operators to make a profit. Indeed most operators expressed their concerns about the
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