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Te Council of State questioned why remote lotteries should be banned and criticised player protection measures, as combined they added to a disproportionally high duty of care imposed on the government when compared to other member states.
rate suggesting a taxation rate of 15 per cent to 20 per cent of GGR would be more practical. Operators were asked to meet government
officials in January 2013 where they were asked what would be the preferred option. Most operators pointed out that key to the future success of the industry was the tax rate and that a lower tax rate was necessary for gaming operators to be able to offer games with payouts attractive to players and at the same time be able to compete with unlicensed competitors. In July 2014 the government confirmed that a
gambling tax of 20 percent on gross gaming revenue would be imposed on online operators. However, operators would also have to contribute 0.5 per cent of turnover to a fund aimed at curbing addiction to gambling as well as a further 1.5 per cent on turnover,which would go to the newly established KSA.
DELAYS After the draft legislation was published, the
KSA asked for feedback from operators with a deadline set for January 2014. In addition the KSA allowed a further 60 days for operators to study the draft version of the bill and provide feedback. An amended version of the bill was then sent to the Council of State in February 2014 - an advisory body to the Dutch Government. Te council of State must be consulted by the cabinet on proposed legislation before a law is submitted to parliament for approval. After the advice of the Council of State in May
2014, significant amendments were made to the draft bill and in July 2014, the State Secretary of Security sent the bill to parliament. However in May 2014 the Council of State published a
negative opinion on the second version of the new online gaming bill, and notified its opinion to the European Commission. While Teeven addressed these concerns he decided to send the latest version of the remote gaming bill to parliament.
Te Council of State questioned why remote
lotteries should be banned while other types of online gaming were allowed. Te council also criticised the player protection measures as combined they added to a disproportionally high duty of care imposed on the government when compared to other member states. Te council was also very critical of the new tax rate (20 per cent GGR) compared to the land based gaming rate of (29 per cent GGR) which they said could be considered as unjustified unequal treatment. Other problems arose around those operators
who had offered their services to locals before the passing of the new act. In June 2014 the State Secretary further discussed a motion which had been put forward in parliament which would have banned those offshore operators which were targeting the Netherlands from being granted a licence in the future. Tis was in response to questions in the Dutch Parliament about the amount of online sports betting advertising during the World Cup. However, Teeven refused to say definitively
whether those operators offering their services would be banned in the Netherlands indefinitely once the new act was passed. He did say however that “they are playing with fire.” He went onto say that while this may give an
indication that they were unreliable, not every operator who had offered their services to locals before the new act should necessarily lead to that conclusion. He also made a clear distinction
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