Dutch gambling authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has revealed that the country’s online market growth appears to be ‘levelling off’ or ‘stagnating’, according to its latest market report. The online betting and gaming space has now been live for more than two years, having launched on 1 October 2021 under the KOA Act with an initial grouping of 10 licensed operators. …
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LeoVegas Dutch vision has been realised as the MGM Resorts-owned betting and igaming group celebrates its return to the Netherlands after a two year absence. The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority (DGA), granted the Swedish international operator a licence in July, which permitted its 21 Heads Up Limited subsidiary a five-year licence. In today’s (4 October) update, LeoVegas revealed …
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The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands has been recommended to introduce ‘mandatory playing limits’ on casino games by the National Rapporteur on Addictions (NRV). The recommendation on playing limits forms part of “22 opinions” submitted to the Ministry of Justice on “gambling limits, advertising and addiction prevention policies” by the national research agency’s ‘Gambling on Health – Advice Report’. …
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Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands’ gambling authority, has announced the funding of three new pilot projects to “raise awareness of problem gambling.” The Addiction Prevention Fund (VPF) will finance the development of these projects, which aim to educate the Dutch public on detecting gambling risks and intervening in addiction and related harms. Established in 2021, the VPF supports the launch of …
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The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, will recommend legislative and regulatory amendments around player protection to the Netherlands’ Ministry of Justice. A KSA investigation into operator ‘duty of care’ practices concluded this month with the authority judging that companies could ‘intervene more quickly and effectively’ in cases of excessive gambling by certain customers. In the regulator’s view, current operator …
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The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, has initiated a market-wide investigation into operators’ alleged use of cash back bonuses. Netherlands gambling laws, with the online market regulated since October 2021 by the KOA Act and subsequent government rulings, states that cashback bonuses are banned. The KSA had issued a market-wide warning in November 2022 regarding the use of cashback …
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Three licensed Dutch operators have been warned by the country’s gambling authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), for breaching the untargeted advertising ban initiated earlier this year. Although not named by the regulator, the ‘various online operators’ have been cautioned for advertising their products and services via billboards and in bus shelters. This breaks the law implemented on 1 July which banned …
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LeoVegas Group has added another international market to its stable by securing a Dutch licence, becoming the 25th operator to enter the country. The gaming licence enables Stockholm-headquartered LeoVegas’ 21 Heads Up Limited to begin business in the Netherlands, with plans to go live in H2 2023. Issued by the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), 21 Heads Up’s five-year licence covers sports betting, …
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The Dutch Gambling Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), still has illegal operators in its sites, according to a recent statement, amidst major regulatory changes in the Netherlands. As it stands, the KSA’s investigation into illegal advertising is currently ongoing, with eight websites currently under the regulator’s spotlight. This probe could result in notice or takedown procedures or ‘enforcement interventions of a more …
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Long-awaited legal changes came into force in the Netherlands and Belgium over the weekend, with both countries implementing wide ranging betting advertising restrictions on 1 July. Advertising reform in the Low Countries has been in development for over a year. Plans by Belgium’s Justice Minister, Vincent Van Quickenborne, for a blanket ban on gambling advertising were first unveiled in May …
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