First gambling levy-funded research projects launched in the Netherlands

First gambling levy-funded research projects launched in the Netherlands

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  • Richard Mulligan, iGaming Business
November 28, 2023 8:27 PM
  • Richard Mulligan, iGaming Business
  • Netherlands

Six research projects have been announced as the first recipients of Addiction Prevention Fund (VPF) cash in the Netherlands.

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The projects make up the first subsidy round of the new ZonMw Prevention of Gambling Addiction programme. ZonMw, a healthcare research body, has been tasked by gaming regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) to run the programme, which lasts until 2029.

The financing of the six projects comes from the VPF, which was set up in 2021 and receives cash from an additional gambling levy on high-risk games of chance. The VPF, managed by KSA, has several spending goals, including research into the prevention and treatment of gambling addiction.