The odds of winning a price when playing so-called claw machines (“grijpmachines”) can be set by operators. Claw machines and related fairground games are nonetheless not regulated by Dutch gambling legislation, Dutch national broadcaster NOS recently revealed.

Dutch prosecutors have demanded jail sentences of up to thirty months against members of an illegal gambling syndicate that mainly operated in the The Hague area.

Playtech’s Chief Policy Officer to Speak at GiH Breakfast Briefing Francesco Rodano, Chief Policy Officer at Playtech and former Head of Remote Gaming at the Italian gambling regulatory authority, will speak at the upcoming Gaming in Holland Breakfast Briefing on December 17 in Amsterdam. Mr Rodano will discuss, among other things, the steps that the industry can and should take[Read More…]

Gambling consultancy firm Regulus Partners expects the regulated Dutch online market to offer a combination of opportunity and strict regulation, the firm’s latest analysis shows.

The Netherlands Gambling Authority and Gamblers Anonymous (AGOG) jointly conducted a survey on problem gambling behavior.

Members of Speel Verantwoord, the Dutch trade association of online gambling operators, are guaranteeing that they will maintain strict age verification controls to exclude underage players, the association said in a press release.

The Dutch government now aims for the Remote Gaming Act to come into effect on January 1, 2020. This means that the regulated online market will open on July 1, 2021 instead of January 1 as originally anticipated.

Minister Sander Dekker for Legal Protection has submitted his responses to Parliamentary questions tabled by MP Michiel van Nispen (SP) on loot boxes in video games.

GiH Breakfast Briefing: Operators Only from Now On Gaming in Holland will organize a FREE breakfast briefing on Tuesday, December 17 in Amsterdam on the latest regulatory developments in the (future) Dutch online gaming market. As we are running out of available seats, we can now only accommodate operators who are considering to apply for a Dutch remote gaming license.[Read More…]

Holland Casino’s Utrecht branch and local professional football side FC Utrecht have agreed to continue their partnership during the 2019-2020 season.