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Willem van Oort: Is regulated online gambling in the Netherlands the next big thing?
By Gambling Insider
Gambling Insider magazine; since the publication of this article, the deadlines have changed slightly to 1 April for applications and 1 October for market launch:
After a decade of political wrangling, 2021 promises to be the year that regulated online gambling finally comes to the Netherlands, writes founder of Gaming in Holland Willem van Oort. How excited should the industry be?
A timeline
According to the Ministry of Justice and Security’s latest timetable, the Dutch Remote Gaming Act is scheduled to enter into force on 1 March 2021. The regulated online market will open six months later, on 1 September, 2021, which should give the Netherlands Gambling Authority sufficient time to process its first batch of remote license applications. By law, the regulator is only allowed to start processing applications once the Remote Gaming Act has entered into force.