Beginning July 1, gambling operators in Holland will be barred from nearly every type of advertising. The gambling ad ban has the support of Dutch Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind is meant to protect people under the age of 24 from problem gambling, while still maintaining a regulated gaming environment that doesn't send players…
Officials at Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gaming regulator, are investigating a number of Netherlands-facing affiliate sites that appear to be directing players to unlicensed casino sites. The affiliates are also accused of deliberately targeting self-excluded players in their marketing efforts. The affiliates in question have been pretty brazen about their standing in the world using…
Life just got a whole lot harder for Dutch-facing gambling operators who use advertising as part their customer acquisition strategies. That's because earlier this week, the Dutch Ministry of Legal Protection announced a near total ban on "untargeted" gambling advertisements, celebrity endorsements, and kit promotions. Though the implementation of these new advertising rules will be…
Across the European Union, lawmakers are having hard discussions about how much regulation the gaming industry really needs. In the Netherlands this week, Franc Weerwind, the Minister for Legal Protection has come out against one of the more draconian regulations, government-mandated loss limits. Weerwind's views on government-mandated loss limits came during a standard Q&A session…
Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gaming regulator, is warning operators to step away from autoplay features on online slot games. The warning comes as part of a regulatory avalanche that is sweeping Europe in an effort to protect problem gamblers from their own, worst instincts. In this particular case, the warning was brought on by a…
One of the biggest stories in the pre-corona virus gambling world was the increasingly strict measures that European governments have been taking to limit the market capabilities of online gambling operators. In the UK, operators are seeing increased fines for infractions that would have once warranted a mere slap of the writs. In other European…
Dutch gaming regulators have issued a €470,000 ($512,000 USD) fine to the Kindred Group for violations racked up by its subsidiary Unibet in the Dutch gambling market, according to a report from DutchNews.nl. Unibet joins plenty of other name brand international operators who are feeling the heat from increased enforcement of gaming regulations by governments…
Regulators at Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling authority, are introducing a new set of fines for operators who flout the country's recently liberalized gambling laws. It's yet another sign that anything like a free ride for operators who work outside of the law in Europe is a thing of the past. The KSA announced…
Are Dutch gambling regulators taking a page from their UK counterparts and seriously putting the heat on the international online gambling industry? The answer to that question is both yes and no. In 2018, the he Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) gaming regulatory body issued €1,709,800 ($1.93 million UDS) to gaming operators for gambling companies that “illegally”…
The potential that video game loot boxes are a form of gambling that should be regulated and licensed has emerged in Holland. Members of the Dutch Gambling Authority (DGA) have reviewed 10 popular (but unnamed) video games to determine whether or not their techniques for distributing loot boxes are in violation of Dutch gaming laws…
