Nederlandse Loterij has launched its Innovation Lab, calling on “entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to future proof the Dutch Lottery”. The state-owned gambling group launched its new technology initiative this week, which will be overseen by Collin Mous, Head of Strategy and Innovation for Nederlandse Loterij. The Innovation Lab features a grants scheme which will reward entrepreneurs €25,000 to develop pilot …
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Toto, the flagship sports betting brand of Nederlandse Loterij, will serve as a principal partner of the Azerion Women’s Eredivisie. The partnership sees Toto continue to expand its presence within Dutch women’s pro-football, in which the betting brand serves as principal sponsor of the women’s teams for PSV, ADO Den Haag, Heerenveen and FC Twente. Beginning on Friday 8 September, …
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Trustly has signed Nederlandse Loterij as its latest client, supplying its open banking solutions to the Dutch firm’s TOTO Sport and TOTO Casino brands. The operator’s sportsbook and casino brands will integrate the company’s platform to enable instant withdrawals for customers, in a drive to improve player trust and loyalty. Trustly outlined that its research suggests around eight out of …
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Toto Online, a Nederlandse Loterij brand, has been hit with a penalty of €400,000 by the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling authority. The company received a fine for targeted advertising of its gambling products to 18-23-year-old customers, due to sending messages to its entire customer base over four months. Said messages were sent by the operator of the www.toto.nl, www.sport.toto.nl …
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Franc Weerwind, the Dutch Minister for Legal Protection, has announced major reforms to betting advertising regulation in the Netherlands, according to local media. Economy and business newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad (FD) reported that sports sponsorship for online games of chance along with ‘untargeted advertising’ of these will be prohibited as by the end of 2025. Under the Minister’s plans, the …
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Delasport has become the latest firm to secure access to the Dutch online betting and gaming market, achieving Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) certification. The GLI accreditation enables the Sofia, Bulgaria-based company to offer its B2B Sports, Casino and PAM products in the Netherlands’ expanding online sector, regulated last October under the KOA Act licensing regime. For sports betting, the company …
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Online casino operators in the Netherlands have been warned by the regulatory authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), over the use of autoplay functionalities. The reminder was issued after the KSA received a report from a player who was able to use autoplay on an online gambling machine with an unidentified operator; this practice is prohibited under Dutch law. Customers using the …
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BetCity.nl, the Dutch-facing subsidiary of BetEnt B.V, has fulfilled one of the requirements of its licence conditions, joining the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). One of the key criteria of membership of the regulated Dutch online sports betting and gaming market, under the terms of the KOA Act implemented on 1 October, is membership of an international integrity monitoring body. …
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Niels Onkenhout, Chief Executive of Nederlandse Loterij – the Netherlands state lottery – has stated that the legislative journey of the KOA Regime is nowhere near complete. Speaking to Kelly Kehn, host of the SBC Leaders podcast, Onkenhout avowed that Dutch online gambling faces a critical period as to how the market will be reshaped by upcoming judgements. Of significance, …
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The start of the 2020s has seen a range of new challenges emerge for the gambling industry, as questions are raised over responsible betting and regulators across Europe overhaul frameworks governing the sector. This was the main topic of discussion of the opening panel of the Leadership track at this week’s Betting on Sports Europe (BOSE) event – the Sportradar-sponsored …
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