The Licensed Dutch Online Gambling Providers trade body has shared its concerns over illegal market growth in the Netherlands, after the regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) revealed the channelization rate in the country was just 50% over H2 2024.
The KSA released its spring report on Monday [April 14], revealing H2 2024 gross gaming revenue (GGR) was 10% lower than in the first half of the year, with October’s implementation of new protection measures playing a key role in the drop.
Since 1 October, players have been prohibited from depositing more than €700 ($796.24) in a single calendar month. The limit dropped to €300 for those aged between 18 and 25. The combination of the new measures and a different methodology led the KSA to estimate the channelization rate for legal operators, based on GGR, was 58% in H1 of 2024.
