Dutch Legislative Progress Stalls as Authority Addresses "Elephant in the Room" Dutch Legislative Progress Stalls as Authority Addresses "Elephant in the Room"
Key Takeaways
  • Progress for igaming liberalization in the Netherlands has stalled, and opposition among potential coalition members of a new Dutch government may jeopardize its future, officials have warned.
  • Speaking at the 2017 Gaming in Holland Conference this week, Ministry of Security and Justice official Dennis van Breemen said that passage of gaming liberalization laws in the second half of 2018 was now the best case scenario and that he was “not optimistic” that this “tight schedule” could be realized.

Progress for igaming liberalization in the Netherlands has stalled, and opposition among potential coalition members of a new Dutch government may jeopardize its future, officials have warned.

Meanwhile, the Dutch regulator has addressed an industry conference regarding its latest enforcement measures, which apparently did little to clarify the fuzzy status quo of online gambling in the country.