Tag Archives: KSA

KSA upgrades CRUKS with new ‘reflection period’ mode 

Rene Jansen KSA

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gaming Authority of the Netherlands, has upgraded ‘CRUKS’ – Dutch gambling’s ‘Central Register for Self-Exclusion of Games of Chance’. KOA market stakeholders were informed that upgrades have focused on “making it easier for players to set a temporary gambling stop, ” with an updated website (cruksregister.nl) providing a ‘reflection period’ for users who want to unsubscribe after …

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Anita Vegter to serve as Chair of Dutch Gambling Advisory 

SBC News Anita Vegter to serve as Chair of Dutch Gambling Advisory 

The Netherlands Gambling Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has announced that Anita Vegter will serve as the new Chair of its Advisory Board. A senior judge of the Court of Amsterdam, Vegter has replaced Ronald Prins as Chair of the Advisory Board, which oversees KSA management of the Dutch gambling market. The Advisory Board has served as a council to KSA since …

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Novamedia exits unsuitable KOA marketplace

Peter-Paul de Goeij reappointed to NOGA leadership

Novamedia BV, the operating company of the Netherlands Postcode Lottery, has confirmed that it will no longer participate in the Dutch KOA online gambling marketplace. Via a statement on its website, Novamedia announced that it had chosen to relinquish its online gambling licence granted by Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA).  Novamedia Gaming BV independently made the decision to relinquish its …

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Dutch legal minister confirms July ban on ‘untargeted adverts’

Franc Weerwind, Dutch Minister for Legal Protections

Dutch Minister of Legal Protections, Franc Weerwind, has confirmed that the long-delayed ban on ‘indiscriminate adverts’ promoting gambling will take effect no later than July 1, 2023.  Weerwind, who oversees Dutch gambling regulatory developments, made this statement in response to ministerial questions submitted to Kamer. The ban on untargeted advertising for high-risk games of chance was initially set to be …

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KSA highlights duty-of-care concerns in 2022 report

Rene Jansen KSA

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has published its ‘Annual Report’ for 2022, which evaluates the regulatory management and policy directives of the first full year of the KOA market.  The report noted: “The Remote Gambling Act (KOA) came into force on 1 April 2021. From that moment on, parties could submit an application for an online gambling license. Six …

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Videoslots to challenge €9.8m Dutch KSA fine

KSA, Netherlands/Dutch gambling authority

Videoslots has stated that it will challenge a €9.8m penalty summoned on its business by Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA).  The fine – yet to be disclosed by KSA – was branded as ‘absurd and unlawful’ by Videoslots, which  will unequivocally challenge how the Dutch authority issued the record penalty fee on its business. Malta-based Videoslots accused KSA of “calculating …

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KSA issues €1.8m against illegal casino duo 

KSA, Netherlands/Dutch gambling authority

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) – The Netherlands Gambling Authority – has issued fines totalling €1.8m to two ‘unlicensed companies’, Equinox Dynamic and Domiseda and Partners, for ‘offering illegal casino games’. Separate fines of €900K were issued to Equinox Dynamic NV, who are licensed in Curacao and Slovak business Domiseda and Partners. KSA judged that “Both companies gave players in the Netherlands access …

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KSA calls for 2023 improvements on data and duty-of-care standards 

Rene Jansen KSA

Dutch licence holders have been warned that they must ensure all efforts to maintain ‘safe play and safe environments’ for consumers in 2023.  The warning was delivered as the headline message of the Kansspelautoriteit’s (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, ‘2023 Supervisory Agenda’. As regulatory supervisor, the KSA maintains the three principal objectives of its ‘2020-2024 Strategy’ to ‘protect and inform …

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Dutch KSA warns of illicit affiliates bypassing CRUKS & KOA rules  

KSA, Netherlands/Dutch gambling authority

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 …

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ComeOn launches Dutch KOA brand powered by Bragg Gaming 

SBC News ComeOn launches Dutch KOA brand powered by Bragg Gaming 

ComeOn Gaming has joined the ranks of the Dutch KOA online gambling regime launching its ComeOn.nl property. The pan-European online gambling group secured its official Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) online gambling licence on 6 September, registered under the business of Tulipa Entertainment Limited.  Going live in the Netherlands, ComeOn.nl will be powered by Bragg Gaming’s full-service turnkey player account management (PAM) igaming …

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