VNLOK appointed former Dutch MP Rosemarijn Dral as its director, the trade association said. Dral served in the Netherlands’ House of Representatives from 2024 to 2025 and will lead the organisation’s work with members, government, regulators and partners.
Dral will lead VNLOK’s engagement with members, government, regulators and partners.
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Dutch online gambling association VNLOK said it plans to take Meta to court over adverts for unlicensed gambling appearing on its platforms in the Netherlands. VNLOK said Meta had removed only 5% of illegal gambling adverts and added that it had contacted the European Commission.
VNLOK presented its Responsible Play Monitor in the Netherlands, reporting 1.8 million interventions by its 12 member operators during 2025. The group said those operators represented about three-quarters of the legal online gambling market; the Kansspelautoriteit’s Ella Seijsener urged providers to monitor non-financial indicators as well as losses.
Dutch online gambling trade group VNLOK presented its first responsible-gambling monitor in The Hague, reporting on member operators’ 2025 activity. It said operators sent more than 1.2 million personalised messages and pop-ups, supported players with setting or reducing limits in more than 21,000 cases, and referred 10,847 players to specialist services.
The Dutch government is considering tighter gambling advertising rules, including a possible blanket ban, State Secretary Claudia van Bruggen said in parliamentary responses. She noted that Cruks cannot check every advertising recipient’s self-exclusion status or block access to unlicensed operators. VNLOK warned that a total marketing ban could make legal platforms less visible to the public.
The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) said its review found that under-18s can almost never gamble with licensed online operators in the Netherlands. It found no serious failings but identified a rare risk involving people with matching initials and surnames; the regulator plans a technical session for licensees and later guidance on expectations.