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Dutch state secretary rejects calls for more Nederlandse Loterij sales data

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State Secretary Van Bruggen said Nederlandse Loterij is not legally required to disclose how many lottery tickets it sells online or the distribution of prizes by sales channel. She said she saw no benefit in publishing the figures because the purchase channel does not affect the chance of winning. Van Bruggen also said audit reports would remain confidential because they contain commercially sensitive information and support Kansspelautoriteit supervision.

The decision leaves operators and the public without public sales-channel breakdowns or lottery audit reports.

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