Key Takeaways
- The Dutch Gaming Authority has issued a Code of Conduct for promotional games of chance.
- The code is only applicable to online poker should such lottery type games be used as promotions.
- The new Code does herald the beginning of many announcements from the DGA as it updates its regulations in advance of new gaming laws in early 2015.
- Tight rules on advertising and promotions are seen as an effective tool in combating unlicensed operators.
The Dutch Gaming Authority (DGA) has issued a new Code of Conduct covering promotional games of chance. The Code came into force on January 1, though the new Netherlands gaming laws are unlikely to be implemented until the beginning of 2015, possibly later.
