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Kansspelautoriteit appoints Floor van Bakkum as player protection manager

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The Kansspelautoriteit appointed Floor van Bakkum to lead player protection within its Player Protection and Policy Advice directorate, the authority’s spokesperson said. Van Bakkum is moving from Jellinek addiction care, where she worked for more than 24 years, and said she would bring her prevention and care experience to the regulator.

The appointment adds addiction-prevention experience to the Dutch regulator’s player-protection work.

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