in an EU or EEA jurisdiction or a third jurisdiction (as above).
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Remote gambling licensees must place a control database in the Netherlands.
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Licensees can also offer betting on virtual sports (viewed as a casino game), fantasy sports betting and e-sports, with some conditions for the latter. However, remote gambling licences cannot offer spread betting, betting on the outcome of lotteries, remote lotteries and bets on the outcome of non-sporting events. Te player age limit is 18.
Only operators are required to apply for a licence and there is no requirement for intermediaries such as software providers. Individual personnel will not be required to hold their own licence, a difference to some other jurisdictions. Te licensing procedure also requires that B2C licensees have to ensure their entire operation is compliant with the applicable requirements even when contracted out. Licences are not needed to team up with local landbased operators.
Tere are big fines for anyone offering or promoting unlicensed games of chance in the country which violates the laws and additionally the KSA can impose cease-and-desist orders.
Tere is no limit on licences and the licensing fee is an un-refundable €48,000 and is valid for five years. Other key requirements for the licensing process include:
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Applicants must be a public limited company or private limited liability company registered in the EU or EEA. Tere are some exceptions for third countries under certain conditions.
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All electronic means for the operation of licensed games of chance need to be located
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Operators must engage in ‘active duty of care’ to prevent problem gambling which requires them to monitor and analyse player behaviour with intervention where necessary.
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Licensees must have at least one addiction prevention representative available. Tere is no requirement that they should be located in the country but sufficiently present to assist.
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All remote and landbased operators must link up to the central database CRUKS where all players are automatically registered by their social security number.
Remote gambling taxes are set at 30.1 per cent on
turnover, increased from 29 per cent in 2018 due to losses for the state caused by delays in adopting the Remote Gambling Act. However, this will be
reduced to 29 per cent six months after the RGA
came into force. KSA has also imposed a gambling levy of 1.75 per cent GGR.
Tere are strict regulations on marketing and promotion methods and mandatory age checks plus mandatory participation in the Control Data Bank via the KSA which registers all activity with online casinos and gives the KSA a direct tool to monitor the casinos.
Remote gambling taxes are set at 30.1 per cent tax on turnover which was increased from 29 per cent in 2018 due to losses in income for the state caused by delays in adopting the Remote Gambling Act. However, this will be reduced to 29 per cent six months after the RGA came into force.
Added to this the KSA has imposed a gambling levy of 1.75 per cent GGR of which 1.5 per cent covers costs incurred by the KSA and 0.25 per cent for gambling addiction programmes.
All operators with a gaming machine hall or casino licence must connect to the registry CRUKS whilst online providers need a working and tested connection to CRUKs with their licence application. A technological hitch with this system caused some delays with the launch date at the beginning of October.
CRUKS
CRUKS is the Central Register Exclusion of Games of Chance. It has been initiated by the KSA and is a central database that creates a national register which lists players who have problems with gambling.
Landbased operations need the software to be able to consult with CRUKS when checking in
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