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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 …

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 …

Toto, the flagship sports betting brand of Nederlandse Loterij, will serve as a principal partner of the Azerion Women’s Eredivisie. The partnership sees Toto continue to expand its presence within Dutch women’s pro-football, in which the betting brand serves as principal sponsor of the women’s teams for PSV, ADO Den Haag, Heerenveen and FC Twente. Beginning on Friday 8 September, …

The impact of developments in the low countries over the past year has been felt by many international betting firms and Kindred Group is no exception to this, in both a positive and negative sense.  Group CEO Nils Andén, and CFO interim Patrick Kortman, outlined how market conditions in the Netherlands and Belgium had influenced Kindred’s Q2 financial performance in …

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 …

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 …

SCGO has announced that it has officially secured an online gambling licence in the Netherlands. The Malta-based operator was issued the licence by Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), and became effective on 23 June. The company is now able to offer its igaming platform to players in the country for the next five years (until 22 June 2028), although it is …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) Chairman René Jansen has warned European regulatory counterparts and lawmakers that “international cooperation is still required in the field of online gambling”. This notice was issued as Jansen concludes his tenure as chair of the Gambling Regulators’ European Forum (GREF), set to be succeeded by Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, the President of l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) – France’s unified …

The government of the Netherlands has approved an €8m education programme to teach “money matters, debt, and understanding risks” across Dutch schools. The programme is spearheaded by Minister Carola Schouten, who oversees Dutch policies for poverty prevention, social participation, and civic pensions. Schouten outlined that the programme has been designed to improve financial literacy in schools to protect Dutch youth …

Dutch betting stakeholders have a potentially tricky year ahead, with new regulations coming in on advertising and the regulator continuing to assess cross-sector duty of care standards. In a speech at the Gaming in Holland Conference this week, René Jansen, Chair of the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, emphasised the importance of public opinion in guiding the industry’s direction. …