Reports EMEA - THE NETHERLANDS
HOLLAND CASINO AND NEW LEGISLATION Holland Casino (official name National
Foundation for the Exploitation of Casino Games in the Netherlands) is the exclusive licensee for casino gambling.Holland Casino has fourteen casinos located in city centres and tourist zones with profits going directly to the Dutch treasury. Holland Casino is under government control and the members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the Minister of Finance. Te body responsible for advising and supervising Holland Casino on behalf of the government was until 2012 the Netherlands Gaming Control Board. However the Netherlands Gaming Control Board was replaced by the KSA in April 2012. Te government is now set to privatise
Holland casinos and open up the market to other operators and in January 2015 draft legislation was put forward by the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice to modernise the casino sector and open up the market. Holland Casino will be sold and competition will be created by allowing other operators to apply for a casino licence.
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A total of 10 Holland Casinos will be sold to one operator which will continue to use the brand name while the remaining four casinos will be sold. Two more casino licences will be on offer in 2017.
HOLLAND CASINO ONLINE For some years Holland Casino had reported
diminishing revenues but at the end of 2014 the company recorded a €12m profit.Tecompany will also benefit from new conditions which will allow it to offer online gaming - something it has been lobbying for since 2008. While the move initially had the backing of the House of Representatives the Dutch Senate voted against it in April 2008. Te private gaming machine sector had been strongly opposed to the measure as it was feared that an online licence for Holland Casino would have constituted an unfair competition for the Dutch state monopoly. Now that the market will be liberalised
Holland Casino has been looking to launch online once again. In early 2012 it was announced that Holland Casino was searching
for a partner to help it offer online games. In 2014 Holland Casino announced that it had selected online gaming giant Playtech as its service provider. Te agreement will see Playtech develop an online gaming platform for the Holland Casino, supplying software for poker, roulette, blackjack, slots, and bingo. Playtech was selected by Holland Casino following a competitive tender process and Playtech's entire gaming product will be launched on the newly developed Holland Casino site.
SPORTS BETTING Te 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 had a one percent share of the gambling market. 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 pari-mutuel betting on horse trotting and racing.
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