Dutch Regulated Online Gaming "More Than a Year Away"
Key Takeaways
  • The liberalization of online gaming in the Netherlands will not happen until the second half of 2017 at the earliest, the regulator recently clarified.
  • While technically prohibited, the regulator has come to something of an accord with the offshore igaming industry, which continues serving the market.
  • It is focusing its enforcement attention on operators that directly target Dutch citizens—those that advertise in the country, run dot-NL websites, or offer online gaming products in the Dutch language.

The liberalization of online gaming in the Netherlands will not happen until the second half of 2017 at the earliest, the regulator recently clarified.