Since 2015, the Dutch gambling sector has grown slightly faster (9%) than the overall economy (7.7%). In 2018, Dutch consumers spent €2.5b on gambling-related products and services.
Stockholm-listed Kindred Group becomes the latest betting enterprise to join the sector’s growing All-in Diversity Project, as part of the firm’s ongoing initiatives to develop inclusive and sustainable corporate frameworks. “The industry needs to get smart on diversity,” according to Jan Jones Blackhurst, the former Mayor of Las Vegas and current Vice President of Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility at[Read More…]
Dutch consumer protection organization Consumentenbond has chided local lottery operator Postcode Loterij for making it excessively hard to cancel subscriptions. “Earlier pledges from the Postcode Loterij to make this process easier have been proven worthless,” Consumentenbond said. Yesterday, the UK Competition and Markets Authority launched enforcement action against a number of online gambling firms in respect of practices that may[Read More…]
The Dutch Lower House sees match-fixing as one of the major threats to the integrity of sports and is considering different ways to address this issue. The Minister for Legal Protection, Sander Dekker, has responded to questions from MP Madeleine van Toorenburg (CDA) regarding so-called “children’s’ casinos,” i.e., arcade halls offering games of skill with which players can win small[Read More…]
This weekend, Holland Casino was hit, once more, by a series of strikes. Following last Thursday’s closure of a number of Netherlands-facing online casino due to the stricter enforcement policy of the Netherlands Gaming Authority, few options remained over the past weekend for eager punters. Dennis van Breemen, Program Manager Gaming Policy Modernization at the Ministry of Security and Justice,[Read More…]
On Sunday afternoon, employees at Holland Casino Venlo went on strike. It was the ninth strike since the middle of April. Yet another class action claim foundation has started proceedings against the Dutch State Lottery. The settlement that was offered to lottery players, on account of the operator’s misleading advertising practices, should have been far more generous, according to the[Read More…]
Holland Casino employees are concerned that the operator’s proposed privatization will lead to more sober terms of employment and have taken formal steps to prevent, or at least delay, the transformation of the casino chain into a limited liability company. The Belgian National Lottery’s recent advertising campaign to convince customers to purchase a lottery subscription has been criticized as potentially[Read More…]
Netherlands Gambling Authority publishes policy rule on “cooling-off period” 
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Entries open for the inaugural Responsibility in Gaming Awards Registration for the 7th Annual Gaming in Holland Conference now open! 
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Netherlands Gaming Authority ordered to revisit permissibility of numbers lottery (lotto) monopoly 
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Announcing the 2018 Gaming in Holland Conference and Responsibility in Gaming Awards Dinner. Don’t miss it! 
VIDEO: Looking back at the Kalff Katz & Franssen / IMGL Annual Gaming Industry Event 2018 
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Experiential expert: gaming industry “inherently risky” to its customers 
Guest blog by Michael Ellen – The adverse impact of fiscal pressure on player channelling 
REPORT The future of the Dutch lottery landscape 
Join GiH and Former Lotto CEO Tjeerd Veenstra for an Afternoon Session on the Future of the Dutch Lottery Landscape – Full Program Now Available 
VIDEO: What influences the length of time people gamble? 
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GiH News Roundup: GLMS reports 64 instances of suspicious betting activity in H1 2019; SBTech wins Veikkaus tender 
GiH News Roundup: Netherlands Gambling Authority publishes policy rule on cooling-off period and AML guideline 
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GiH News Roundup: JPJ Group strikes “conditional agreement” to acquire non-sports betting assets of Gamesys; Paf to become technical partner of Grand Casino Luzern 
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GiH News Roundup: 8th annual Gaming in Holland Conference concludes; KSA publishes form for prospective licensees to express their interest in acquiring a remote license 
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GiH News Roundup: Staatsloterij wins Advertiser of the Year award; Finnish authorities announce crackdown on illegal gambling advertising 
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