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The Dutch Gaming Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has collaborated with global server network Cloudflare to track down unregulated gambling websites. This follows a detailed discussion between the two organisations that has led to strategic planning to tackle illegal gambling services offered to Dutch customers.  As an example of their collaborative work, the KSA previously investigated illegal affiliate websites nederlandscasinos.net and …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, has stated that it has tracked over 1.1 million gambling accounts participating in the regulated KOA market. The figure is the headline finding of the KSA’s ‘monitoring factsheet’ on Dutch online gambling trends under the mandate of the Remote Gambling Act (KOA Act) – the framework that legalised Dutch online gambling as …

In his final tenure as Chairman of the Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA), René Jansen signed off the regulator’s new problem gambling report for one last time.  One for the road Jansen will step down from his duties later this year and used the report’s foreword to reflect on the KSA’s most recent achievements in terms of preventing illegal gambling and …

Entain Plc has disclosed additional information related to its legal challenge against Sports Entertainment Media BV and related parties involved in the valuation of its Netherlands subsidiary, BetCity.nl. Documents published by the High Court of England and Wales detail that the board of the FTSE100 gambling group deems the value of BetCity.nl as being €68m-to-€156m less than its agreed deal …

Michel Groothuizen has been appointed the next Chairman of the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA). Succeeding René Jansen, who announced last October that he would be stepping down from the Dutch gambling regulator, Groothuizen will take over as Chair on 1 July of this year. Ric de Rooij, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice and Security, stated: “With Michel, the KSA …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has summoned a record penalty of €19.7m on Gammix Limited for offering online games of chance in the Netherlands without a licence. Enforcing its biggest fine ever, KSA noted that Gammix offers illegal online gambling games to players in the Netherlands on the websites rantcasino, betoriginal, bluvegas, cashimashi, goslot, nordslot, vegadream and scatters – and has “not taken any …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the gambling authority of the Netherlands, has reiterated its warning that all Dutch gambling advertising campaigns must comply with its rules on audience targeting. The warning follows KSA’s latest intervention where “a gambling operator made unfocused advertisements during a game show on television.” The infringing advertisement did not comply with the KOA market’s rules for sponsoring TV programs, …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, has published its updated guidelines to help licensed operators (land-based and online) uphold the laws of The Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (Prevention) Act (WwFT). The legal framework of the WwFT has been applicable as Dutch law since 2008, with the underlying aim to “prevent the financial system from being used for …

René Jansen, the outgoing Chairman of Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, has commented on the changing makeup and dynamics of Dutch gambling. As detailed by Jansen in his latest KSA blog post, “changes in permits” reflect the new landscape of Dutch gambling and its array of businesses competing for market share. In 2021, prior to the launch …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has warned web hosting providers to ensure that they comply with the advertising laws of the Gambling Act (KOA Act), thereby protecting Dutch consumers from unlicensed online gambling. The warning follows KSA imposing two ‘binding instructions’ on ISP provider Cloudflare to terminate its services hosting the affiliate websites of Nederlandscasinos.net and Onlinecasinosspelen.com. The KSA …