{"id":1385,"date":"2019-12-07T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T10:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:37:15","slug":"ksa-age-verification-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ksa-age-verification-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Dutch authority adds age verification criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Dutch gambling authority KSA has added age verification as priority criteria in the approach to online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Netherlands.-\u00a0<strong><em>Kansspelautoriteit<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(KSA), the gambling regulator from the Netherlands, has announced that age verification will be a priority in the approach to online gambling. With effect from January 1, 2020, age verification will be a must for online gambling operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KSA said that providers of online gambling that don\u2019t visibly verify the age of participants before the registration process is completed, will be dealt with as a priority with the regulator and risk a fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe range of illegal online games of chance is huge.&nbsp;KSA makes choices in combating this, with the protection of Dutch consumers as the guiding principle.&nbsp;The&nbsp;criteria of age&nbsp;verification&nbsp;is now added&nbsp;to the criteria that the KSA uses for this. Preventing minors from taking part in gambling is an important priority of the KSA,\u201d said the regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Failure to verify age before the registration process has been completed also has consequences in the longer term.\u00a0This violation is negatively taken into account at a later stage if an online gambling license is applied for in the context of the\u00a0<strong><em>Remote Gambling Act<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0This law, which is not yet in force and is currently being developed further, makes online gambling legal under strict conditions.\u00a0The expectation is that permits can be applied for from January\u00a0 1, 2021.\u00a0License applicants are then tested for reliability, among other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe statement by the participant to be of age is not enough.&nbsp;It must be clear to players how their age is being verified.&nbsp;KSA emphasises that offering games of chance without a license is prohibited.&nbsp;Satisfying the age verification requirement does not mean that the KSA will refrain from enforcement, or that a future permit application will be considered positive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>KSA to expose operators that refuse to pay fines<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>KSA will make public which gambling operators refuse to pay the imposed fines. KSA aims to inform consumers about providers that may be unreliable. It has the authority to impose a fine on a gambling provider that violates the Gambling Act. If a provider doesn\u2019t pay after a reminder, the KSA starts a collection procedure. The Dutch regulator&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/dutch-operators-refuse-fines-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>said<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that it will make this public by mentioning the refusal of payment with the decision on its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the KSA exposes the operators, the company in question is first given the opportunity to give an opinion on the disclosure. If a company later pays the fine or makes a payment arrangement, the payment refusal will be removed from the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dutch gambling authority KSA has added age verification as priority criteria in the approach to online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Dutch gambling authority, KSA, has designated age verification as a priority criterion for online gambling operators, effective January 1, 2020. Non-compliance will result in priority enforcement, fines, and negative consideration for future Remote Gambling Act license applications. Additionally, the KSA will publicly disclose operators who refuse to pay imposed fines to inform consumers about potentially unreliable providers.","focusai_entities":"Kansspelautoriteit, KSA","focusai_location":"Netherlands","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.9), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"KSA Enforcement Impact","query":"How will the KSA's public disclosure of non-paying operators impact market perception and the competitive landscape for licensed entities under the forthcoming Remote Gambling Act?"},{"label":"Age Verification Tech","query":"What specific technological solutions and data integration requirements are anticipated for operators to achieve 'visible' age verification prior to registration, as mandated by the KSA?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,2234,156],"tags":[29,229,3275,337],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-emea","category-regulation-news","tag-casino","tag-gambling","tag-netherlands","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010394,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/777010394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}