The Netherlands Gaming Authority said the legal gambling market generated €602m in gross gaming revenue in the second half of 2025, broadly matching the first half. The regulator estimated that 810,000 people used legal providers, while the share of players betting exclusively with legal platforms fell from 94% to 91%.
The figures indicate declining player channelisation alongside a flat regulated-market revenue base.
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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%.
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.
The Netherlands Gambling Authority organised the first Player Protection Conference on 8–9 September 2025, attended by three members of the Gaming Commission secretariat. Delegates from 16 European countries discussed youth protection, illegal gambling and advertising, and using player data to identify risks; working groups are scheduled to begin meeting during 2026.
The Netherlands Gambling Authority organised the first Player Protection Conference, which brought together regulators, academics, researchers and experts from 16 European countries. Three members of the Gaming Commission secretariat took part.