Online Casinos in the Netherlands
The government in the Netherlands have a state monopoly, Holland Casino, that runs the 14 casinos that are located all over Holland. Only online casinos that are hosted in the Netherland can be used by dutch residents, although a change in this law is expected. Online sports bets can be made via De Lotto except for horse racing bets that are dealt with by Scientific Games Racing B.V. The Government have also limited residents access to online poker websites, which has meant that its popularity has fallen. The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) monitors gambling activity in the Netherlands.
Legal Online Casinos in the Netherlands
Residents of the Netherlands can only gamble online at Dutch websites. Some major online casino operators took this matter up with the European Court of Justice who confirmed that the Dutch Government could ban online gambling providing it was because they were trying to reduce gambling addiction and crime. However there is a proposal, the Modernization Casinos Regime Act that would require foreign operators to apply for a 5 year license from the Dutch Regulatory Authority (KSA). A large number of online casino operators have shown their interest in applying for this license, once it becomes available.
Online Slots - Netherlands
The Dutch enjoying playing a wide range of online slots predominately from software developers, NetEnt, Microgaming, Next Gen, Yggdrasil, Play ´n Go and Lightning Box. Among the slots that are the most popular you will find Starburst and Twin Spin by NetEnt, Foxin´Wins and Merlin´s Millions Superbet by Next Gen, the Mega Moolah slots by Microgaming, Vikings Go Berzerk by Yggdrasil and Silver Lion by Lightning Box.
Online Casino Games - Netherlands
The Dutch enjoy playing casino table games roulette, blackjack, poker and bingo. Although European roulette is preferred, the Dutch also enjoy playing American roulette. Blackjack and the many different versions of Poker are also popular and bingo games are still used by Holland residents to unwind. The availability of Live Casino Table Games has been welcomed by the Dutch as they enjoy the feeling of playing with live dealers.
Casinos in Holland
The Dutch Gambling Act of 1964 only allowed one licence to be issued for land based casinos. This licence was given to the state owned Holland Casino and all their profits go to the Dutch Treasury. The first casino opened in 1976 in Zandvoort and they now run 14 casinos all over the Netherlands. The largest of them is in Amsterdam and the others are located in Breda, Eindhoven, Enschede, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, Scheveningen, Utrecht, Valkenburg, Venlo and in Amsterdam´s airport Schiphol.
Netherlands Gambling Laws
The Netherlands has one of the oldest national state lotteries, the Nederlandse Staatsloterij lottery was first drawn in 1726. Sports betting was first legalised in 1961 and the the Dutch Gambling Law was introduced in 1964. The Netherlands Gaming Control Board was formed in 1996 to monitor all gambling activities. Since 2012 these Laws have been enforced by the Dutch Gambling Authority (KSA) who replaced the Independent Governing Body, the College van Toezicht op Jansspelen that was founded in 1996. In recent years there has been mounting pressure for online gambling to be fully legalised to allow offshore companies to operate legally within the Netherlands. The Remote Gambling Bill is going through judicial review and is expected to accept licence applications from online casinos early in 2019.
