After years of legal wrangling, online gambling was regulated in the Netherlands in 2021. This has resulted in licensed Dutch gambling websites becoming widely available, with the majority of players from the Netherlands opting for these official platforms.
Since the new framework was brought in, the market has experienced robust and sustained growth. In this article, we look at the different areas showing positive trends and why they are only expected to continue in the future.
The total number of operators with a Dutch online gambling license has increased. While only a handful of providers initially received licenses when regulation began on October 1, 2021, that number has steadily grown with a wide variety now serving the market.

