Reports NETHERLANDS - ONLINE REPORT
In April, 28 applications were received by the KSA with the first 10 approved by the end of September. By October 2 – TOTO Casino, Betcity and GGpoker – all opened their virtual doors whilst Holland Casino, Fairplay Online, Batavia Casino launched on October 4 due to some technical hitches with CRUKS. Te remaining licences – Bet365, Bingoal, Livescore Bet and Tombola – were due to open by mid-October.
Te push to regulate the remote gambling market in the Netherlands has been a long and arduous process. However, once internet gambling began to flourish the legislations and regulations needed re-evaluating. Te KSA was founded in anticipation of these changes whilst the Remote Gambling Bill first began its journey seven years ago.
In July 2020, the KSA published a ‘Market Vision of Games of Chance’ report, which was presented to the Minister for Legal Protection, which is responsible for the Dutch games of chance policy.
Te KSA anticipated ‘strong growth’ in the remote gambling market once the legal market came into play. Te report concluded that there is room in the gambling market for new operators of games of chance in the future and discussed the abolition of state-run gambling monopolies and the classification of fantasy sports.
Back in 2015 there were around 500,000 active online gamblers and by 2021 that figure has tripled.
Te KSA Market Scan puts the total GGR for the Dutch gaming industry at around €2.63bn in 2018 made up at the time of lotteries (47 per cent market share), slots (41.5 per cent), casino games (10 per cent) and sports betting (1.5 per cent).
On average, the Dutch spent around €207 per year on games of chance, €86 on lotteries and €13 on sports betting in 2018.
REMOTE GAMBLING ACT
Te Remote Gambling Act was approved in July 2016, although it was not rubber-stamped by the Senate until three years later in February 2019. It finally came into force on April 1 2021 and the first licences were approved at the end of September ready for the market to open.
In April, 28 applications were received by the P78 WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS
KSA with the first 10 approved by the end of September. By October 2 – TOTO Casino, Betcity and GGpoker – all opened their virtual doors whilst Holland Casino, Fairplay Online, Batavia Casino launched on October 4 due to some technical hitches with CRUKS. Te remaining licences – Bet365, Bingoal, Livescore Bet and Tombola – were due to open by mid- October. Te licences issued are valid until 2026.
Te Remote Gambling Act amends the former Betting and Gambling Act and Betting and Gambling Tax Act to enable the licensing of remote games of chance.
Te main purpose of this legislation is to open up the gambling market and enable foreign
gambling operators the ability to apply for a Dutch licence. It is due to be re-evaluated in three years’ time to deal with any issues and challenges that arise in the interim period.
Prior to the act there have been issues in the Netherlands regarding its online gambling market and the KSA began to enforce operators targeting the Netherlands (by using Dutch language or .nl URLs) whilst there was a lack of age-appropriate verification measures.
Operators have been required to enter and view the new online market as a completely new territory as regulations state everyone must start from scratch with their player acquisition. So, any operator who had an existing unlicensed presence in the Dutch gambling market cannot
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