Netherlands changes gambling regulations

The local regulatory body KSA announced that new changes would be implemented tomorrow.

Netherlands.- The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) announced this weekend that new regulatory measures would be implemented on the first day of June to prevent minors from gambling in the country.

HW Kesler, vice-chairman of KSA, said that the measure establishes a new step in combating remote gambling, as they believe that underage Dutch citizens should not be able to gamble on internationally licensed online gambling sites. As reported by ClavinAyre, the KSA considers services in Dutch, as well as advertising and media or .nl domain as out of line, therefore the body will be broadening de definition of rogue site tomorrow.

Among the things that will be prohibited, the KSA said that local domains that redirect to .com gambling sites will be included as illegal, as well as names that are gaming-related. Back in April, the Dutch gambling authority posted the 2016 annual report that detailed information about the industry, and established that it was necessary an increase on the level of enforcement in the country.

The report specified that they won’t be issuing warnings before taking enforcement measures. Fines can be as high as US$875,000 for the most serious crimes, or 10 percent of sales to Dutch punters. The KSA said that even though they set multiple goals and efforts, it’s difficult to collect the fines imposed because there are times where the offenders don’t have enough money to pay their debts.