VNLOK reports 11% growth in Dutch online gambling market in first half of 2026
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In brief
- Dutch online gambling market grew 11% in the first half of 2026 against the previous six months.
- Kansspelautoriteit and VNLOK partly attribute the rise to the summer's World Cup football.
- VNLOK said it is too early to call a structural recovery; the licensed market shrank 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%.