In what has become one of the most anticipated additions in European Remote Gaming laws, the Dutch government finalised a framework for remote gaming in 2019 and it is set to go into force in March 2021, leading the way to privately owned Dutch licensed remote gaming casinos. Holland Casino Online was expected to be the first licence holder in 2020, but due to the negative climate, this was delayed, though it looks ever more likely this will happen in March instead. There are very high expectations for this new licence, as the Dutch market is seen as an already lucrative market but also as a growing one, which has led to many movements within the industry as both software providers and operators navigate the new framework to be the first in line to acquire licences when they are offered. How big is the Dutch market? Based on 2018 data, which is the last data set available at the time of writing, including lottery and scratch cards, casino games and sports betting expenditure throughout the year, revenue data amounted to €1.4 billion, which is a nine per cent growth over the previous data set which was taken in 2015. Although difficult to verify due to the nature of the...
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