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Strong attack: former gambling addict Michael van Dijk slams lottery sponsorship in football

14 Aug 2025

Michael van Dijk, former gambling addict and author of the book U heeft helaas niets gewonnen (Unfortunately, you have not won anything), has spoken out strongly against the sponsorship of football clubs by lotteries. In an opinion piece in Trouw, he argues that this form of sponsorship exposes young people to unnecessary temptation.

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Judge rules against gamblers: Unibet wins first round

Glen

13 Aug 2025

At the end of July, lawyer Benzi Loonstein and a group of eleven gamblers appeared before the District Court of The Hague. They wanted to request their complete transaction history from Unibet, ahead of the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands on 1 October 2021.

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The Netherlands flooded with illegal gambling sites: alarming number of searches!

Julien

13 Aug 2025

The number of searches for illegal online casinos from the Netherlands has risen sharply in the past six months. In March 2025, the number was still at one million searches per month. The latest report from the Keurmerk Verantwoorde Affiliates (KVA) states that this has now risen to 1.7 million.

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Revealed: Kansspelautoriteit unable to monitor online gambling

Glen

13 Aug 2025

On 25 February 2025, someone submitted a Woo request for information about staffing levels at the Kansspelautoriteit (Gambling Authority) in the Netherlands between 2012 and 2019. The focus was on the Supervision Department, and in particular on the Online Supervision section.

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Illegal betting: TonyBet under fire

Sarah

12 Aug 2025

On 12 August 2025, the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Dutch gambling regulator, issued a stern warning to TonyBet. The reason? The operator, despite holding a licence in the Netherlands, offered its customers bets that are considered illegal under Dutch law.

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Player under investigation over winnings at illegal online casino Bruno Casino

Nathalie

12 Aug 2025

A 22-year-old man from the Netherlands was sentenced to twelve weeks in prison, three of which were suspended.

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A perfect copy of Staatsloterij spotted

Glen

11 Aug 2025

While searching for ‘online casino Nederland’, Frank Kruit, a web visibility expert, came across an intriguing advertisement: a link to ‘staatssloterij.nl’, with an extra ‘s’. The site looked official, so he clicked on it.

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Gambling addiction funded by ticket scam

Alex

10 Aug 2025

In Heerenveen, a 48-year-old man saw his daily life turn into a dangerous whirlwind, trapped in a gambling addiction. Driven by the need to keep betting, he devised a well-oiled scam: offering fake concert tickets for sale on Marktplaats.

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Kansspelautoriteit starts partnership with Football Club Roda JC

Nathalie

9 Aug 2025

The Kansspelautoriteit is entering a remarkable partnership with the Kerkrade-based Football Club Roda JC. Roda JC plays in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie, the second-highest division in Dutch Football.

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More taxes, less revenue: the Dutch government is killing the goose that lays the golden eggs

Caroline

8 Aug 2025

While the Dutch government thought it would boost its revenue by increasing gambling tax, the effect has proved counterproductive. Jo Bosch, director of Casino Peppermill in Heerlen, denounces a tax policy that is suffocating physical casinos and threatening the entire land-based sector.

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How legal casinos are being impersonated on Trustpilot

Alex

8 Aug 2025

Frank Kruit, an affiliate and SEO expert in the casino industry, has spotted a worrying phenomenon: legal online casinos in the Netherlands are being impersonated on Trustpilot. Half of all licensed operators are seeing their brands exploited fraudulently.

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Young people and gambling: the shocking study by Trimbos

Glen

7 Aug 2025

As online gambling becomes increasingly popular in the Netherlands, more and more minors and young adults are exposing themselves to problematic gambling behaviour, often from their very first experience. In response to this reality, the Trimbos Institute is launching an innovative programme, Moti-4 Gokken, to intervene before addiction sets in.

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Data at risk: RechtOpWet hacked

Caroline

6 Aug 2025

On the morning of 2 August 2025, CasinoZorgplicht.nl revealed a cyberattack against RechtOpWet.nl, a website promising Dutch gamblers that they could recover their gambling losses incurred before legalisation in October 2021. Instead of the expected content, only pages in English promoting illegal casinos appeared. This incident highlights a possible serious technical maintenance deficit and constitutes a first public warning about this provider.

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Increase in gambling tax: Providers experience consequences

Nathalie

5 Aug 2025

The increase in the tax rate in the Netherlands is resulting in a decrease in revenue from gambling tax. This was confirmed by the Kansspelautoriteit.

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Cash Centers at the heart of an explosive case

Alex

5 Aug 2025

When the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Dutch gambling regulator, refused to renew Sabofra’s licence, a little-known aspect of Cash Centers was revealed. A request for the publication of documents under the WOO (Wet open overheid) law brought to light some disturbing facts: between 2018 and 2023, Sabofra allegedly facilitated illegal betting via three terminals called Cash Centers. The case also shows an alleged link to money laundering.

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Unibet loses 41% of turnover despite more players

Maxime

1 Aug 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, Unibet recorded a dramatic 41% drop in revenue in the Netherlands compared to the same period in 2024. Ironically, this plunge comes at a time when the number of active users is increasing. How is it that more players did not generate more revenue?

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Affiliate pages copied in their entirety by illegal websites

Alex

1 Aug 2025

A few days ago, the website casinoreviews.nl, renowned for its reviews of legal casinos, was completely duplicated by a clone hosted on an expired domain (t‑meeting.nl). This clone reproduced the entire content, design, internal links and meta data word for word. This replica, hosted on a reliable previous domain, appeared older to Google, giving it precedence in search results.

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