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Dutch Minister of Justice Franc Weerwind outlined the government’s expectations for gambling companies’ payments journeys in a recent Q&A with the House of Representatives.  Answering questions from legislators in the Netherlands’ Second Chamber, Weerwind asserted that operators should deposit funds into customers’ bank accounts “without undue delay”, but also remain vigilant on money laundering and fraud detection. He also added, …

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, has issued warnings against three operators for violations of licence requirements. With the early stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup underway, the KSA revealed that two operators were offering ‘prohibited bets’ in the build-up to the tournament, namely wagering on yellow cards. Although a popular stats betting market in more established online …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling authority, has launched an investigation into affiliate websites that have breached its rules by promoting illegal/unlicensed operators. Of concern, KSA detailed that the websites had targeted vulnerable players using domains such as ‘casinowithoutcruks’ and ‘casinowithoutlicense’ – that deliberately promoted illicit operators in breach of KOA laws and requirements. The websites were discovered following an online …

Unibet has partnered with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema, becoming its main sponsor and therefore rebranding it as the TDT-Unibet Cycling Team. From January 2023, the Kindred-owned operator will work with the team in the aim of inspiring sports enthusiasts to start cycling themselves.  “We are extremely proud to work together with Tour de Tietema,” commented Lennart Kessels, General …

The Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has advised online betting operators in the country to avoid a ‘bombardment of advertising’ during the FIFA World Cup. In a blog post, KSA Chair René Jensen noted that Minister of Justice Franc Weerwind, who holds legislative responsibility for the Dutch gambling industry, had previously urged betting firms to ‘moderate their advertising’ around the …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling authority, has welcomed the way in which licensed operators have ‘well observed’ its ban on celebrity endorsements of gambling products.  A veto on the use of celebrity endorsements and sports role models was adopted as an advertising rule of the KOA Regime on 30 June 2022. The rule prohibits licensed operators from featuring celebrities, sports …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling authority, has ordered Malta-based online casino group LCS Limited to immediately comply with its jurisdiction and cease and withdraw its Dutch market activities. KSA has imposed a cease-and-desist order on LCS Limited brands for ‘illegally offering games of chance’, which have contravened the laws established by the KOA Act, safeguarding and monitoring Dutch online gambling’s …

Dutch gambling’s Central Register of Exclusion of Gaming (CRUKS) has registered over 20,000 users since its launch on 1 October 2021. The figure was disclosed by Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling regulator, which provided a market update on the Dutch market’s safer gambling initiatives. Under the laws of Dutch gambling’s KOA Act, CRUKS is managed as a mandatory system that …

Franc Weerwind, the Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, has announced major reforms to betting advertising regulation in the Netherlands, according to local media.  Economy and business newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) reported that sports sponsorship for online games of chance along with ‘untargeted advertising’ of these will be prohibited as by the end of 2025.  Under the Minister’s plans, the …