Industry News - Netherlands

Dutch Payment Ban Heading For Enforcement

30/01/2009: As part of a sweeping report on the Dutch gambling sector, Holland’s minister for justice Ernst Hirsch Ballin has told MPs that a ‘black list’ of illegal gambling websites will be circulated to Dutch banks by March, bringing into effect a ban on the processing of internet gambling payments in the country ahead of a possible wider shakeup of Holland’s gambling regime later this year.

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Dutch Internet Gamblers In Showdown With Tax Authorities

22/01/2009: Dutch gamblers are awaiting clarification of local gambling tax rules, having been asked to divulge details of gambling winnings on their December tax returns in accordance with new guidance from the tax authorities which indicated that winnings on foreign-based gambling websites could be taxable in Holland.

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Dutch Internet Gamblers In Showdown With Tax Authorities

22/01/2009: Dutch gamblers are awaiting clarification of local gambling tax rules, having been asked to divulge details of gambling winnings on their December tax returns in accordance with new guidance from the tax authorities which indicated that winnings on foreign-based gambling websites could be taxable in Holland.

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Affiliates Implicated In Dutch Internet Gambling Tax Mystery

18/09/2008: Uncertainty surrounding new online gambling tax legislation passed in Holland last week has led legal observers to suggest that it could be the owners of affiliate websites that are the most at risk from the new taxes, more so than offshore operators or Dutch players themselves.

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Gaming Tax Bill Clears Dutch Senate

11/09/2008: The Dutch Senate this week cleared a proposed gaming taxation bill that will enable the government to tax games of chance, including those provided by foreign online operators whom the Dutch have hitherto prosecuted as 'illegal' in defence of the state monopoly.

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Dutch Banks Reluctant Players In Payments Ban

15/05/2008: The Dutch Banking Association is unlikely to co-operate with any rules put forward for blocking payments to online operators unless they see evidence of a criminal conviction of an operator, according to lawyers close to the situation.

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Talk Of Dutch Payment Ban Gathers Support

14/05/2008: Revived proposals by the Dutch Ministry of Justice to introduce payments blocking measures against non-licensed online gambling operators have been met with approval by Holland’s state sanctioned operators, who nevertheless say they have not lobbied for the change.

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Holland Casino Hopeful of Re-Igniting Online Bill

28/04/2008: Visitor numbers are up, but spend per customer is down; times are clearly getting tougher for Dutch monopoly operator Holland Casino. It is therefore unsurprising the company is looking to diversify income, whether through more entertainment at its casinos or having another crack at getting online legislation included in a new gambling bill due in the summer.

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Dutch Lawmakers KO Remote Gambling Bill

02/04/2008: The Dutch Senate yesterday voted down proposals that would have granted the state-run operator Holland Casinos a three-year exclusive license to operate internet gaming in the Netherlands. The proposal was rejected by a narrow margin, but the outcome nevertheless sparked celebration among private gambling operators.

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Dutch Minister Halts Online Casino Vote

06/02/2008: Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin has postponed a scheduled Senate vote on a bill to grant a temporary, exclusive licence to Holland Casino to offer online casino gaming, amidst concern that the proposal was set to be rejected by Dutch Senators. The move comes less than a week after the European Commission chose to extend infringement proceedings against Sweden to include Svenska Spel’s online poker monopoly.

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