Dutch Senate Delves Into Gambling Regulation
By Brian Cullingworth, Last updated Feb 8, 2019
After two and a half year lag
The Dutch Senate is finally dipping its toe into the details of the Remote Gambling Act (RGA) and the Casino Regime (Modernisation) Draft Act after a two-year lag in a Plenary Session held earlier this week to discuss the matter.
The Plenary Session was halted to allow the Minister of Legal Protection time to gather information on several questions Senate members posed. The Minister will provide answers to the questions in written form by Friday, 8 February 2019.
The Minister envisages a cooling off period for “bad actors” but was asked to provide clarity on the definition of an illegal gambling operator.
The Senate also required clarity on the possibilities of limiting online gambling advertising across all platforms and in that respect what enforcement measures would and can be taken.
The Minister has also been asked to clarify what measures are available to combat illegal websites and how Article 54a of the Dutch Criminal Code would be used as a legal basis.
The plenary session will continue on Tuesday 12 February 2019.
Infopowa news was a staple of Casinomeister’s news from 2000 until 2019. Brian Cullingworth was the main writer, contributor, and was one of the most knowledgeable persons I have ever known involved in the online casino industry.
We first met in January 2001 at the ICE in London where I observed him going booth to booth interviewing online casino, software, and licensing jurisdiction representatives. Brian was also heavily involved with our forum as “Jetset“, he was involved as an informal consultant to eCOGRA, the OPA, and was a player advocate who assisted countless aggrieved players with his connections to industry folks. He also published “Casino Cautions” via Infopowa news for quite a number of years. These can be found in our news archives.
His passing in February 2019 was a dark day for us. He will be forever missed.
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