Two years on since the launch of the Dutch regulated gambling market in October 2021, the regulator Kanspelautoriteit (KSA) has reported a general slowdown in market growth.

The data, which KSA released in its fifth online gambling monitoring report, showed gross gambling revenue (GGR) grew 8% from January to August 2023, working out as 17% on an annualised basis. This compares with the 33% growth in Netherlands’ gambling reported in the previous edition.

KSA chairman René Jansen said this levelling off means the “market is developing as expected”.

“The continued growth ensures increasing responsibility among providers,” he said. “The KSA continues to strictly monitor that Dutch players can gamble in a safe market, with sufficient attention to addiction prevention and insight into possible problematic gaming behaviour.”