The KSA has launched a social-media-focused campaign in the Netherlands to raise awareness of self-exclusion through the CRUKS register. The authority said the campaign targets young adults who may be experiencing problem gambling and continues a pilot from the previous year.
The campaign informs operators about the regulator’s current focus on self-exclusion awareness among young adults.
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The Kansspelautoriteit said it had opened action against gaming venues and casinos identified in a television investigation in the Netherlands. The report found that people registered with Cruks could enter using another person’s identity document; the KSA said venues must check identities carefully.
The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) launched a campaign warning young adults about sports betting risks ahead of the FIFA World Cup, the authority said. The campaign uses footballer Glenn Helder’s story and content across Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube to illustrate how betting can escalate.
Kansspelautoriteit chair Michel Groothuizen has called for the CCBR and Cruks registers to be linked, while Dutch protective administrator Nelis van Steenoven has argued against automatic gambling exclusion, according to reports of their statements. Van Steenoven said registration in the CCBR does not establish gambling behaviour and could exclude people without a gambling problem. State secretary Claudia van Bruggen has also proposed checking guardianship status when people seek higher overall gambling limits.
Denmark’s Spillemyndigheden launched a summer campaign on 13 July encouraging people to use ROFUS, the national voluntary self-exclusion register. The campaign runs until 2 August across social media and digital screens at Copenhagen Airport, promoting temporary breaks or permanent exclusion.
Brazil’s government launched the “Livre das Bets com um clique” campaign on its social media the week before the report, alongside a self-exclusion platform for betting users. The platform provides information on public health support and a non-diagnostic mental health self-test; from February 2026, public telehealth services focused on gambling are planned to offer 450 appointments a month with Hospital Sírio-Libanês. The report said SPA representatives were surprised by the campaign’s timing and tone.