Tag Archives: Kansspelautoriteit (KSA)

The Dutch Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the country’s gambling regulator, has conducted successful interventions against three unnamed operators for violating the untargeted advertising ban. In effect since 1 July 2023, the advertising law prevents operators from pursuing a range of marketing techniques deemed to be ‘untargeted’ – meaning that such methods cannot be directed towards people aged 25 and over. Operators are …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands has published its ‘2022 Market Scan’ tracking the performance and regulated activities of the Dutch gambling market.  The report highlights KSA’s primary observation that the “opening of the online gambling market has had an impact on the land-based market, evident from current trends and data presented by the  Gambling Market Scan of …

BetOnline operator Blue High House has been penalised by the Dutch Gambling Authority (DGA), the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) for operating without a licence. The firm has been issued ‘an order subject to a penalty’, essentially meaning a cease and desist order from offering games of chance. Otherwise, it will be subject to a penalty of €43,000 per week, with a maximum …

LCS Limited has hit back at the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, over a fine of €2m issued to the online casino last week for alleged unlicensed gaming. In an official statement sent to SBC, the company asserted that the penalty is ‘excessive but also unjust’ due to relating to a single accidental violation which occurred in early 2022. …

The Dutch Gambling Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has issued its latest fine against an unlicensed operator, targeting LCS Limited. Hit with a fine of €2m, LCS fell under the KSA’s spotlight for operating the www.sonsofslots.com website, an online slots platform, without the proper licence. There are currently 27 fully licensed firms in the Dutch market, including prominent players bet365, Entain’s BetCity.nl …

Dutch gambling authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has revealed that the country’s online market growth appears to be ‘levelling off’ or ‘stagnating’, according to its latest market report.  The online betting and gaming space has now been live for more than two years, having launched on 1 October 2021 under the KOA Act with an initial grouping of 10 licensed operators. …

LeoVegas Dutch vision has been realised as the MGM Resorts-owned betting and igaming group celebrates its return to the Netherlands after a two year absence. The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority (DGA), granted the Swedish international operator a licence in July, which permitted its 21 Heads Up Limited subsidiary a five-year licence. In today’s (4 October) update, LeoVegas revealed …

 The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands has been recommended to introduce ‘mandatory playing limits’ on casino games by the National Rapporteur on Addictions (NRV). The recommendation on playing limits forms part of “22 opinions” submitted to the Ministry of Justice on “gambling limits, advertising and addiction prevention policies” by the national research agency’s ‘Gambling on Health – Advice Report’.  …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands’ gambling authority, has announced the funding of three new pilot projects to “raise awareness of problem gambling.” The Addiction Prevention Fund (VPF) will finance the development of these projects, which aim to educate the Dutch public on detecting gambling risks and intervening in addiction and related harms. Established in 2021, the VPF supports the launch of …

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, will recommend legislative and regulatory amendments around player protection to the Netherlands’ Ministry of Justice. A KSA investigation into operator ‘duty of care’ practices concluded this month with the authority judging that companies could ‘intervene more quickly and effectively’ in cases of excessive gambling by certain customers. In the regulator’s view, current operator …