The Netherlands Gambling Authority (Kansspelautoriteit) has announced a fresh drive to crack down on unregulated gambling operators.
As part of its enforcement agenda for the year ahead, the Dutch agency published a Supervisory Agenda document that envisages investigations into entities and associated third parties, such as betting operators, social media promotions, and payment facilitators.
The KSA—which introduced online deposit limits in October—said it would deploy firm sanctions, if necessary, to deliver progress and develop further structural cooperation with various stakeholders.
About more dialogue and collaboration with those organizations, the regulator said:
“With them, we can gain even better insight into the B2B chain that makes illegal offers possible. In this way, we can hit illegal providers (and their promoters) faster where it hurts.”
The Kansspelautoriteit aims for a long-term target of 90% of player revenue to come from the legal, regulated gambling industry.
Specific aims for Dutch regulator to address
While the body announced in October last year that the legal market was responsible for just over 95% of revenues, it is cognizant that tax rises and social responsibility regulations could cause a drift, leading the rate to decline.
The Kansspelautoriteit is determined to maintain the high rate by keeping in contact with operators and monitoring any prevalent behavioral changes in the market.
The agenda document for 2025 also includes specific aims in relation to underage gambling, advertising and social responsibility requirements.
An investigation will be launched to assess how minors get involved in the gambling market and what their participation is.
There will be further tightening of social responsibility requirements, particularly for physical gambling venues, and the authority will address the advertising landscape after it declared there were far too many violations of the regulations in 2024.
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