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Curaçao to Tighten Gambling Licensing Rules

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  Curacao has succumbed to the pressure from the Netherlands and agreed to tighten the gambling licensing rules. Last week, the Dutch government announced that it had reached an agreement with its Curacao counterparts regarding “measures and structural reforms” intended to make the constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands “financially, economically and administratively…

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KSA Releases Draft KOA Documents on Licencing Conditions

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  Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulatory authority, has released its draft “Remote Gambling Act” (KOA) documents on licencing conditions. The licensing requirements are made available to all parties interested in joining the Netherlands’ regulated online gambling marketplace in 2021. Helping firms prepare for the launch of its licensing window on 1 March 2021, the…

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EA Appealing Potential €5 Million Fine in the Netherlands for Selling FIFA Loot Boxes

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  Electronic Arts (EA) is appealing a potential €5 million fine in the Netherlands for its sale of FIFA Ultimate Team packs. The Dutch government announced last month that it would be enforcing a fine against EA for its implementation of paid-for loot boxes in its most recent FIFA games. EA will have to change…

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Dutch Gambling Regulator Supports Removal of Gambling Machines from Family Arcades

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  Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has ruled that Dutch arcades can no longer run machines based on games of chance in a move to preserve and protect the family environments of arcade venues. The KSA compliance was sponsored by the Family Entertainment Centers Nederland (FEC Nederland) of the Netherlands arcade trade body, which wrote…

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Newstip Postponement Dutch Regulations

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  The Dutch Remote Gambling Act is expected to come into effect on 1 March 2021 in stead of the previous target date 1 January 2021. In June Minister for Justice and Security Sander Dekker already confirmed a possible postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a couple of months. A letter from Minister Dekker…

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Kansspelautoriteit Issues 14 Warnings for COVID-19-related Ads

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  The Netherlands’s gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has revealed that it has issued 14 warnings to igaming operators over the use of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in adverts to promote their gambling products. Online gambling remains illegal in the Netherlands, but the regulator in March said it had seen an increase in the number…

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