Ksa reports Dutch gambling GGR falls to €4.1bn in 2025

Regulated gambling gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Netherlands fell to €4.1bn in 2025 from €4.5bn in 2024, adjusted for inflation, according to the annual report published by the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa). The authority published the figures together with monitoring data for the first half of 2026.

The online segment accounted for most of the decline, falling from €1.52bn to €1.20bn, a drop of 21%. Online betting GGR fell from €364m to €254m, down 30.2%, and online casino GGR went from €1.16bn to €947m, down 18.2%.

The Ksa attributed the trend to several factors, including player-protection rules introduced in October 2024, higher gambling tax and comparison with a 2024 that included the football European Championship. The rules set monthly net deposit limits of €300 for young adults and €700 for players aged 24 and over, which can be exceeded only after an affordability check.

The gambling tax rate rose from 30.5% in 2024 to 34.2% in 2025, and will increase further to 37.8% from January 2026. Gambling tax revenue reached about €1.05bn in 2025, broadly in line with the previous year in inflation-adjusted terms, and €791m went to the state, sport and charitable organisations through contributions and dividends.

Land-based betting GGR rose 8.5% to €86m in 2025. The Ksa said the difference from online could also depend on the different regulatory framework applied to the two channels. GGR from gaming machines in arcades and public venues fell 4.7%; arcades went from 197 to 194, while gaming positions rose 4% to 21,792, and positions in public venues reached 8,488 across 4,600 locations.

Holland Casino reported growth of 2.8%, with GGR of €683m, supported mainly by electronic machines rather than table games. The lottery segment recorded a slight decline of 1.8%.

In the first half of 2026, online gaming accounts rose to 1.48 million from 1.38 million in the previous half-year, though the Ksa said this did not correspond to significant growth in the number of actual players. The authority estimated about 490,000 monthly active players and 820,000 people who played online at least once in the half-year. The Ksa said account growth may have been helped by the football World Cup that began in June, but could also indicate that some players open multiple accounts to circumvent per-account deposit limits.

About 94% of online players use only licensed operators, but by GGR the regulated market's share was lower, rising from 54% in the second half of 2025 to 59% in the first half of 2026. The Ksa said the gap between the two measures suggests players using illegal platforms record on average substantially higher losses than those using authorised operators.

Data from the national LADIS system showed the number of people in treatment for gambling addiction rose by more than 14% in 2025 compared with 2024. Ipsos surveys for 2026 showed the share of high-risk players broadly stable, an increase in low-risk players and a decrease in the moderate-risk group; an estimated 65% of online players showed non-problematic behaviour, unchanged from 2025.