René Jansen, chair of Dutch regulator de Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has reflected on the first year of the Netherlands’ online gaming market, saying the country is moving towards creating a “completely safe environment for people who want to gamble online”.

The reflection came in a blog post on the KSA website following the one-year anniversary of legal igaming in the Dutch market. This followed a report on the first year of activity in the country.

The report provided insight into how the market has grown, mostly focusing on the period until 30 July 2022, but with some data from after this time also.

The report found that the channelisation rate in the Netherlands was 85%.