Dutch Regulator Admits it Struggles in Collecting Fines, Increases Enforcement Anyway Dutch Regulator Admits it Struggles in Collecting Fines, Increases Enforcement Anyway
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Key Takeaways
  • Days after admitting it had little power to collect on fines it issues, the Dutch gaming regulator announced that it would cease in issuing warning letters next year.
  • Claiming that it was now “sufficiently known in the gaming sector” that online gambling in the Netherlands is illegal, such warnings were “redundant.”
  • Previously, operators had a grace period to correct their behavior before facing a fine; as of January 1, offenders will not first be warned.

Days after admitting it had little power to collect on fines it issues, the Dutch gaming regulator announced that it would cease in issuing warning letters next year.