The Dutch Gambling Authority (KSA) published its 2016 annual report this week. Here are a few highlights from Lexology:


  • The KSA will increase the level of enforcement, as it considers visible enforcement as the “Achilles heel” of a regulator. It confirms that if is fully ready to meet the 80% channeling degree to the legal online offer as envisaged by the Dutch government, meaning that the KSA will actively fight against illegal online operators.
  • The KSA confirms its stricter enforcement strategy for the coming period to combat illegal online gambling. This means that the KSA will no longer issue a warning first but will take immediate enforcement measures. Such measures may involve fines of up to EUR 820,000 or 10% of the operator’s turnover. For more information, please read our earlier blog here.
  • It is expected that the KSA will also continue to put up barriers against third party service providers that provide services to illegal operators (such as payment service providers.
Read more here: http://www.lexology.com/library/deta...e-2f8e957a0a09