Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands Gambling Authority, has published its ‘Annual Report’ for 2022, which evaluates the regulatory management and policy directives of the first full year of the KOA market.

The report noted: “The Remote Gambling Act (KOA) came into force on 1 April 2021. From that moment on, parties could submit an application for an online gambling license. Six months later, on October 1, 2021, the legal online market opened.”

KSA’s evaluation is focused on the four criteria of advertising, duty-of-care, tackling Illegal activities, and first market developments.

Since KOA launched on 1 October 2021, KSA has granted 24 licences, of which 21 have been assigned to B2C operators allowed to promote games of chance.