Dutch gambling regulator questions coalition plans on ads licenses

The Netherlands’ gambling watchdog is taking a measured but unmistakably cautious tone as a new minority government prepares to take office in The Hague.

In a blog published on Monday (February 16), Michel Groothuizen, who chairs the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), laid out how the Dutch regulator views the coalition agreement under Prime Minister Rob Jetten. He said the document sketches out the cabinet’s direction on online gambling and makes clear there is overlap on key objectives, even as certain proposals raise red flags for the authority.

Hard to imagine the CEO of @gamregGB publicly cautioning that government gambling policy could backfire before it’s imposed.
That’s precisely what the head of the Dutch regulator said today about ad bans and licence caps.