primary goal of channelling the market into the regulated online space.
THE KSA As part of the preparation for the liberalisation
of the market the newly established regulatory body the KSA started operating on April 1 2012 as successor to theNetherlandsGaming Control Board. Te KSA is responsible for issuing, revoking and supervising all Dutch licenses. Meanwhile the Ministry of Safety and Justice still has responsibility when it comes to the formulation of gaming policy. Te KSA is also able to impose significant
fines for non compliance in both the online and land based sectors. After the KSA was established it was also agreed that the government could publish a blacklist of unlicensed operators once the new act was passed. In November 2014 the KSA signed an agreement with payment institutions to block payments to unlicensed gambling sites. Te KSA will also be responsible for
monitoring and maintaining advertising codes when it comes to gaming. In preparation for anticipated regulation in April 2013 the body issued a total of forty letters ordering operators offering their services locally to cease doing so.
In the meantime the KSA announced that it
was increasing the minimum fine for unauthorised online gambling activity by €50 thousand to €150 thousand which went into effect on Aug. 1, 2015 with penalties now of up to €810 thousand for those who have been found to be operating without a licence. Te KSA has been extremely active and has fined a number of operators for breaking local laws. In particular the body has been active in prosecuting those online sites which have been found to be offering games of chance on a website with a .nl-extension, those that have offered remote gaming on a website available in the Dutch language and those that have advertised their services via local media.
THE NEW ACT While the act lists a number of games which
will be permitted rules will be added which will encompass other types of games of chance which are not currently considered by the bill. For the time being the games which are covered in the new act are casino games such as poker, roulette, blackjack, baccarat, punto banco and keno and slots. Sports betting will also be allowed including fixed odds, pari mutual betting and live betting.
In addition all games of chance offered to
Dutch players must be via a website with an .nl extension so that players knows that they are playing via an operator regulated by the Dutch authorities while the operator will have to pay between €45,000 to €50,000 in order to register with the board. Te act also puts a great deal of emphasis on player protection. In order to provide player protection the KSA will create a central registry that will temporarily exclude problem gamblers. Te new law also ensures that the operator is under the obligation to prevent and limit gambling addiction as far as it is possible to do so.
THE ONLINE MARKET In October 2014 the chief executive officer of the
KSA Marja Appelman asked national and international operators interested to join the country’s upcoming legalised online market to “pre apply” for a license from December 1, 2014. According to Appelman, this would allow operators to work closely with the Dutch authorities and to receive regular updates regarding the licensing process. It is estimated that the Netherlands is the
seventh largest EU gambling market when it comes to gross win. If online gambling is
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