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After multiple delays due to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Netherlands opened its regulated online gambling market on October 12021. Enactment of the Dutch Remote Gambling Act (KOA) six months prior cleared the way for players in the northwestern European country to play casino games and place sports bets via the internet. By…

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TonyBet gets license to operate in the Dutch online gambling market

Online sports betting operator TonyBet announced it has received a license to operate on the regulated online gambling market in the Netherlands. The permit was issued by the Dutch gambling regulator, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), and allows the brand to offer games of chance online under KOA, which is the Dutch Remote Gambling Act. KSA revealed…

Industry ・ 17 December 2022

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Holland Casino Told Not to Promote Retail Locations via Online License

The Dutch Gambling Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), urged Holland Casino, an operator that holds a land-based and online gambling license in the country, to discontinue advertising of its physical locations via its online gambling business. On Friday, the KSA published a decision, explaining that Holland Casino, through its online gambling…

Industry ・ 05 December 2022

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KSA informs Holland Casino not to advertise land-based properties on its website

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulator, has notified Holland Casino, an operator holding a Dutch land-based and online gambling license, to stop advertising its physical locations through its iGaming website as it is against the law in the Dutch regulated market. The investigation: In October 2021, the KSA discovered that the…

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Cashback bonuses need to go, says the Dutch Gaming Regulator

The Dutch Gaming Authority continues to watch over the country's iGaming market by guiding regulated operators on the do's and don'ts of the market. In the latest such update, shared by the gambling regulator, the Authority has issued a warning to operators not to leverage cashback bonuses to customers, as this form of bonus inducement is…

Law ・ 03 December 2022

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KSA tells operators to stop providing cashback bonuses

The Netherlands' Gaming Authority (KSA) has told all its licensees to stop providing bonuses in the form of cashbacks on concern it will lead to riskier gambling behaviour. In a statement, the KSA said it had sent a letter explaining that offering a bonus in this form isn't permitted and operators risk enforcement action by the regulator. A…

Gaming Authorities ・ 30 November 2022

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Operators under tax investigation for Dutch grey-market gambling

The memo was dated 28 October, 2021 - four weeks after the Dutch online gambling market launched. The memo was written by the Corporate Service for Professional Technology (CD VT) within the Tax and Customs Administration and was sent to "Dutch online gambling companies". It was revealed last week following a freedom of information request. The…

Finance ・ 28 November 2022

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KSA Grants Its 22nd License to Holland Gaming

Netherland's gaming regulator KSA has issued its 22nd online gaming license The license was handed to Holland Gaming Technology The company does not yet run any Business-to-Consumer operations Image Source: Shutterstock.com After asking LCS Limited to stop offering its gaming products in the Netherlands, De Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has awarded its…

Gaming Authorities ・ 21 September 2022

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KSA Probes into Lotteries Mixing Lottery with Online Gambling

Seeking to better protect lottery consumers, the Netherlands Gambling Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), announced it launched a new investigation. The regulator unveiled that the investigation is the result of lottery operators "increasingly adding online game elements to their offer." Probing into mixing lottery with online gambling, the KSA…

Lottery ・ 28 July 2022

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KSA issues warning to Malta-licensed operator Gammix

Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has issued a cease and desist order to Gammix for offering online casino games to players in the Netherlands without a local license. An investigation by the KSA in March found that Malta-licensed operator Gammix was illegally targeting the Dutch market with its Nordslot.com and Rantcasino.com…

Malta ・ 12 July 2022

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KSA to Fine Gammix If It Doesn’t Exit the Netherlands

The Dutch gambling watchdog, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has set its sights on Gammix Limited, an online gambling operator. Gammix is currently offering gambling to gamblers in the Netherlands despite not holding a license. A recent investigation found out that rantcasino.com and nordslot.com, two of Gammix's iGaming brands, are available in the…

Law ・ 11 July 2022

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Lithuania’s Authority Fined 7bet for Tempting Users

Amber Gaming has received a fine for breaching Lithuania's regulations through its 7bet brand. Lithuania's regulator, the Gambling Supervisory Authority, accused Amber Gaming of breaching some of the recently introduced laws on marketing advertisement. According to the authority, the gambling company has uploaded online content that didn't…

Gaming Authorities ・ 16 May 2022

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Auto-play admonition in the Netherlands

The gaming regulator for the Netherlands has detailed that it recently ordered a locally-licensed online casino to remove auto-play functionalities from its selection of video slots owing to the fact that all forms of involuntary play are forbidden under the tenets of the small nation's Remote Gambling Act. The Kansspelautoriteit watchdog used an…

Law ・ 12 April 2022

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Stakelogic grows footprint in Dutch iGaming market

Provider of premier software solutions for the iGaming industry, Stakelogic, has expanded its footprint in the Netherlands through a new content deal with Jack's Casino. As a result, Stakelogic will be able to deliver its full range of slot games to Jack's Casino in the Dutch market, growing its own footprint, but also helping Jack's…

Industry ・ 08 March 2022

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Dutch Gambling Regulator Adds a New Policy, Warns an Operator

The Netherlands' online betting market went live on October 5 but the country's regulator, the KSA, is already introducing some extra rules in order to inhibit gambling harm. As per the new rules, the licensees now must maintain a level of transparency and provide crucial data that would help researchers to better understand gambling harm.…

Law ・ 10 December 2021

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Dutch market regulator brings down 15 illegal marketers

Dutch market gambling authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has taken action against 15 marketers for illegally selling gambling products. The Dutch Gambling Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has taken action against 15 marketers, classifying them also-called affiliates' for marketing unlawful gambling and betting items. The…

Law ・ 05 December 2021

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Dutch government hails success of hardline stance on unlicensed gambling

The report, presented to the Dutch parliament by Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker, included included data on the number of visits to gambling websites recorded in the Netherlands from 1 October, when the country's igaming market opened. Just ahead of this date, the Dutch government changed its stance towards operators passively accepting…

Law ・ 02 December 2021

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Dutch Regulator to Probe 25 Gambling Websites for Breaches

A fair warning is not how the Dutch regulator, the Kansspelautoriteit or KSA, intends to do business in the country. Rather, the watchdog will take it upon itself to verify whether websites that have been warned to suspend their offering to Dutch customers in the country have been fully compliant with the demand. As a result, the regulator will try…

Gambling Sites ・ 03 January 2022

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Netherlands launches regulated online gambling market

Online gambling had previously been prohibited in the Netherlands, but the passage and subsequent enactment of the delayed Remote Gambling Act (KOA) meant the market was finally able to launch. Initially, the KOA was scheduled to enter into law on 1 July 2020, with the market to open six months later at the start of 2021. However, in November 2019,…

Law ・ 04 October 2021

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The KSA announces 10 new online gambling license approvals

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has decided to approve 10 online gaming operators for licensing in the Netherlands. The new industry is set to launch on October 1, with license holders able to offer games of chance online. Applications for licensing were submitted months ago, so the Dutch Gaming Authority cut it close announcing those that were…

Law ・ 07 October 2021

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Dutch Regulator Approves First Ten Online Gambling Licenses

Update September 29, 2021: The KSA has revealed the names of the online gambling companies that will receive licenses to operate in the Dutch market starting October 1. They are TOTO Online BV, FPO Netherlands BV, Holland Casino NV, NSUS Malta Limited, Play North Limited, Tombola International Malta Plc, Hillside (New Media Malta) Plc, Bingoal…

Law ・ 04 October 2021

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PokerStars Must Exit Dutch Gambling Market by November

When Netherlands lawmakers passed the Remote Gambling Act in April 2021, it meant an end to the country's unlicensed online gambling market. With internet gambling now legal across the country, gaming regulator De Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has given its final deadline for all unlicensed operators to leave. must stop accepting new customers by…

Industry ・ 04 October 2021

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Kansspelautoriteit Warns iGaming Operators To Control Their Advertising

The Netherlands legalized online gambling via the Dutch Remote Gambling Act (KOA) and started accepted license applications from April 1, 2021. Licensed online gambling operators in the Netherlands will be able to offer their services to Dutch players from October 1, 2021. Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) which is the gambling watchdog in the Netherlands…

Law ・ 24 May 2021