Enschede councillor Meryam Sümer called for the Netherlands to raise the minimum online gambling age from 18 to 24, according to local reporting. She also urged tighter controls on gambling advertising and buy-now-pay-later products, citing youth debt concerns and municipal figures.
The proposal could lead to changes in the Netherlands’ online gambling age rules and advertising restrictions.
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The Kansspelautoriteit said the regulated online gambling market increased its share of total gambling revenue in the Netherlands in 2025. The regulator also flagged player losses, youth participation and gambling-related harm indicators as continuing concerns.
The CDA asked State Secretary Van Bruggen what problems the Kansspelautoriteit faces collecting fines from illegal gambling sites. The party also sought his view on the Supreme Court ruling concerning claims over gambling agreements from before online gambling was legalised.
The CDA has asked State Secretary Van Bruggen what problems the Kansspelautoriteit faces in collecting fines from illegal gambling sites. The party also asked for the state secretary's view on the Supreme Court ruling on gambling claims covering the period before online gambling was legalised.
The Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit reported an 11% rise in regulated online gambling gross revenue in the first half of 2026, to €670 million. It estimated licensed operators held 59% of online gambling revenue, leaving 41% with unlicensed operators; 94% of players used only licensed platforms.
The Netherlands' Kansspelautoriteit published its latest reports on the gambling sector on 29 October, showing gross revenue from regulated online gambling rose 11% in the first half of 2026 to €670m. The regulator said the recovery follows a decline in 2025, when gross revenue across the legal market, both land-based and online, fell from €4.5bn to €4.1bn.
The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) reported that online gambling generated €1.2bn in gross gaming revenue in the Netherlands in 2025, down 21% year on year. The supplied report says the regulator’s figures showed the decline; it gives no further details on the causes or market breakdown.
The Netherlands Gambling Authority's figures put online GGR at €1.2bn last year, a decline from €1.5bn in 2024. The 2025 shrinkage of 21% in the Netherlands online gambling market was linked to tax increases, according to a headline on the development. The latest channelisation figures point to a slight positive increase, the authority's release added.
The Dutch online gambling market grew 11% in the first half of 2026 compared with the previous six months, according to a monitoring report cited by the Kansspelautoriteit and VNLOK. VNLOK said the World Cup contributed partly to the rise and argued that it was too early to call it a sustained recovery; the licensed market contracted 18% in 2025.
The Dutch online gambling market grew 11% in the first half of 2026 compared with the previous six months, according to a monitoring report. The Kansspelautoriteit and trade association VNLOK said the summer's World Cup football contributed partly to the rise. VNLOK said it was therefore too early to speak of a structural recovery of the market. In 2025 the licensed online gambling market contracted by 18%.