The launch of the regulated gaming market in the Netherlands will be delayed for two months due to headaches similar to those of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last Friday, Sander Dekker, Minister of Legal Protection at the Ministry of Justice and Security, sent a letter to the Dutch parliament’s small space explaining that the Remote Gaming Act (RGA) is expected to enter into force on 1 March 2021. , or two months, later than expected.
Since the government has stated in the past that the launch in the regulated online market, the position would take place six months after the RGA enters into force, so that the Kanspelautoriteit regulator (KSA) has time to monitor online licensing programs, the recent maximum release schedule. July 1, 2021 will now date back to September 1.
Dekker said the heist “creates more room for all parties to prepare” for regulatory shift to a competitive online gaming market. This includes all operators that their systems can attach to CRUKS registered in the CENTER of players who wish to self-exclude authorized sites.
In June, Dekker warned of “the option of a delay” in the government’s online gaming schedule, and raised restrictions imposed on the government through the pandemic. This followed a six-month delay announced last November to give the government more time. to expand the online gambling that governs the required secondary
The Dutch government has been busy following the playbook for its transition to a regulated market, adding that it presented its online gambling plan to the European Commission in July for approval. KSA has recently partnered with its opposite numbers in Malta to provide tighter monitoring of online gaming operations. .
One of the maximum restrictive measures announced through the Dutch government is the requirement that online license applicants delete the visitor databases that many operators have accumulated their unauthorized activity in the Netherlands prior to regulation. The goal is for all online licensees to start with a whiteboard space to ensure an absolutely competitive market from day one.
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