{"id":4658,"date":"2019-02-17T08:02:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T13:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realmoneygambling.com\/news\/?p=4658"},"modified":"2019-02-17T08:02:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T13:02:59","slug":"dutch-senate-vote-on-remote-gaming-bill-set-for-february-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realmoneygambling.com\/news\/dutch-senate-vote-on-remote-gaming-bill-set-for-february-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch Senate Vote on Remote Gaming Bill Set for February 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n

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After a February 12 Senate debate, the vote on the Netherland’s Remote Gaming Bill was postponed to February 19. Online gamblers in the country will, therefore, have to wait a couple more days<\/a> to know it their lawmakers are willing to approve a locally licensed online gaming market. Hopefully, the bill which has been ongoing since 2015 will have a better shot at getting passed alongside the Casino Reform Bill which has also attracted a notable amount of attention.<\/p>\n\n\n

Many stakeholders and proponents of the remote gaming bill\nare optimistic that it has a high chance of being passed this time around \u2013 before the suspension of the vote, the plenary\nsession that was discussing the bill was suspended after the lawmakers demanded\nclarification of three vital issues from Justice\nMinister Sander Dekker. The biggest concern for the lawmakers was how operators\nwho had previously operated illegally in Netherland’s gaming market would be\ntreated if the gaming bill is passed. According to the minister, the operators\nwould first have to prove themselves to be “reliable” before being\nawarded gaming licenses.<\/p>\n\n\n

“A license applicant who has actively offered online gambling services in the past will be able to remove doubt regarding its future reliability by showing good behavior during a consecutive period prior to the license application. During the debate on February 5, I have called this a ‘cooling down period’,” the minister said during a plenary meeting held in early February.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Previously, the so-called ‘cooling down period’ was set to\nfive years but thanks to a proposal by the Dutch Labor Party and backing from Minister\nSander Dekker, the blackout period has since been reduced to two years.<\/p>\n\n\n

Advertising was also a major concern for lawmakers but the minister refrained from providing any substantial information regarding the extent to which regulatory policies<\/a> would handle advertising. However, he mentioned that the KSA, the regulator, would be given the mandate to review, and possibly, implement advertising policies.<\/p>\n\n\n

Other than the issues that lawmakers sought clarification on,\nthe debate has been progressing in a satisfactory manner and it has even garnered\nenough supports from several political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n

Increased Illegal Gambling<\/h2>\n\n\n

It is about time that the Dutch government taps into the illegal online gambling<\/a> market which has reportedly grown by 20 percent in the last two years. Motivaction estimates that the Dutch Treasure has been missing out on \u20ac175 million in tax revenue annually<\/strong> thanks to the fact that the progress of the gambling bills has been stalled for over three years in the national legislature. In addition to this, a great number of the people who visited these illegal online gambling sites said that they would have greatly preferred to play with licensed operators, which are still not available. Clearly, things need to change.<\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a February 12 Senate debate, the vote on the Netherland’s Remote Gaming Bill was postponed to February 19. Online gamblers in the country will, therefore, have to wait a couple more days to know it their lawmakers are willing to approve a locally licensed online gaming market. 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