The Dutch government is facing calls to enter discussions with the financial sector for the development of a consumer credit self-exclusion system similar to the CRUKS registry. Media outlet Casinonieuws reported that Don Ceder, a Dutch MP from the ChristenUnie party, put forward a motion in which he praised the effectiveness of the Central Register for Exclusion from Gambling (CRUKS). …
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The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, will adopt stricter scrutiny of duty-of-care interactions by licensed operators with young customers (under 24s). This demand headlines the ‘Supervision Agenda 2025’, which sets out the regulatory objectives of the KSA and its oversight of Dutch gambling and licensed entities. The agenda adheres to the KSA’s long-term supervisory principles, initiated in …
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The Dutch gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has issued a €400k fine to Optdeck Service Ltd, otherwise known as Unibet. According to the regulator, the betting brand had allowed the signing up of players who were listed on the Netherlands’ national self-exclusion registry CRUKS. The scheme works in the same way as other similar projects throughout Europe, where once a player …
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The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has released its “Autumn Report for 2024”, which provides an update on trends and activities in the Dutch online gambling market under the Remote Gambling Act (KOA). KSA reports that the KOA market continues to grow, generating €752m in gross gaming revenues (GGR) during the first half of 2024. This represents an 8% increase …
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The Netherlands was left with no national gambling harm self-registry this morning after a system error blocked login access to CRUKS. Players and providers were notified about the situation through a message posted by Netherlands’ gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) on its website. “CRUKS malfunction due to BSN register error. There is a malfunction in the BSN register, which means that …
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Michel Groothuizen has delivered his first address as Chairman of Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands’ Gambling Authority, opening the iGB Live, Amsterdam Conference (16-19 July). Beginning his tenure as KSA chairman on 1 July, Groothuizen told delegates: “I am probably entirely new to you, the gambling market is not entirely new to me,” referencing his casework in 2015 with the Ministry …
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The Dutch Gaming Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has extended the concession of Human Assistance Network for Daily Support (HANDS) to run the country’s Loket Kansspel gambling helpline. Having already been the engine behind the problem gambling support service for a number of years now, HANDS will continue to offer players and those close to them assistance and guidance on gambling harm …
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The Dutch Gambling Authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has published the findings of its major investigation from last year on affiliate websites advertising unlicensed gambling providers. According to the release, 14 out of the 33 gambling websites put under surveillance have been found guilty of illegally advertising, including to consumers who have self-excluded with the Netherlands’ CRUKS exclusion register. CRUKS is the …
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Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) the Netherlands Gambling Authority has announced that six projects have been awarded funding through the ZonMw Prevention of Gambling Addiction research programme. Considered vital to the development of Dutch government’s treatment, intervention and support of gambling addiction the projects will begin no later than February 2024 and are financed through the Addiction Prevention Fund, which is managed by the KSA. The programme will …
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Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has initiated a ‘pilot campaign’ to raise public awareness of CRUKS, the Dutch gambling central self-exclusion register. Pilot campaigns have commenced across social media platforms, informing audiences about how to self-exclude from all Dutch licensed gambling operators via CRUKS. Operated by the KSA, the CRUKS register was launched on 1 October 2021 to coincide …
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