Lisette den Butter en Tessa van den Ende over het Besluit kansspelen op afstand

Recently, the Remote Gambling Decree was submitted to the Dutch parliament, accompanied by two letters answering questions raised in the previous parliamentary debates relating to the plans to extend the cooling-off period by six months and to ban advertisements for (online) gambling. Lisette den Butter and Tessa van den Ende (Bird & Bird) elaborate on the regulations set out in the Remote Gambling Decree and discuss the confirmation of the extended cooling-off period and the decision not to ban advertising for online gambling.

On 3 March 2020, the Dutch Minister of Justice responsible for online gambling policy, submitted the Remote Gambling Decree (Besluit Kansspelen op afstand) (the “Decree”) to the Dutch Parliament’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives. The Decree is part of secondary legislation in which the Remote Gambling Bill (Wet Kansspelen op afstand) is further developed and completed. The Decree contains the conditions applicable to online gambling licences and lays out vital secondary regulation that applies to online gambling in the Netherlands. In addition to the Decree, the Dutch minister also published two letters answering questions which were raised in previous parliamentary debates, including relating to the cooling-off period and the decision not to ban advertising for online gambling.

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