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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 …

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 …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has issued a warning to Nationale Postcode Loterij (NPL), the Dutch Postcode Lottery, for breaching the advertising rules of the KOA regime. The warning concerns an NPL campaign which featured a ‘well-known celebrity’ to promote a ‘Deal or No Deal’ themed lottery game on TV and online media. The use of a celebrity contravenes …

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 notified that unlicensed operators LCS and MKC Limited has discontinued their online gambling services targeting Dutch consumers. The operators who had been served cease and desist orders will no longer face fines summoned by KSA totalling €250,000. The unlicensed duo have faced ‘corrective sanctions’ since early September by KSA that found it was …

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 …

Kindred Group has announced that its flagship brand Unibet has become a community partner of AFC Ajax, Dutch football’s most historic and prestigious club.  Ajax will join Unibet’s roster of European football sponsorships, promoting safer gambling, mental health awareness, community engagement and social mobility/access to football. “Kindred Group plc (Kindred) and its flagship brand Unibet enter a commercial partnership with …

New Dutch Justice Minister, Franc Weerwind has cited caution in how the government should approach its next phase of gambling reforms, in light of the KOA Regime launching last October regulating the Netherlands online gambling marketplace. Weerwind is charged with overseeing Dutch gambling’s regulatory policy, having replaced former incumbent Sander Dekker at the start of the year, following a senior …

Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has written to ‘more than 50 affiliates’ warning them that KOA online gambling laws must be applied to their advertising activities.   The warning follows an investigation by KSA of affiliates used by licensed KOA operators to promote their online gambling services. The regulator notified affiliates that all campaigns targeting Dutch consumers must follow KOA regime …

Online casino operators in the Netherlands have been warned by the regulatory authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), over the use of autoplay functionalities.  The reminder was issued after the KSA received a report from a player who was able to use autoplay on an online gambling machine with an unidentified operator; this practice is prohibited under Dutch law.  Customers using the …