The KSA has prepared a guide for Dutch media on responsible and accurate reporting about gambling and related harms. The authority recommends careful word choices to avoid stigmatising people with gambling problems and wants gambling articles to include a warning.
The guide encourages Dutch media to report gambling harms accurately, avoid stigmatising people and include a warning.
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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 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 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 Netherlands’ Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) reported that regulated gambling gross gaming revenue fell to €4.1 billion in 2025, from €4.5 billion in 2024, adjusted for inflation. Online GGR declined 21% to €1.20 billion, including a 30.2% fall in online betting and an 18.2% drop in online casino revenue; the KSA cited player-protection rules, higher tax and comparison with the 2024 football European Championship as contributing factors.
Regulated gambling gross gaming revenue in the Netherlands fell to €4.1bn in 2025 from €4.5bn in 2024, adjusted for inflation, according to the annual report published by regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA). The KSA published the figures together with monitoring data for the first half of 2026.