Online casino licensing in Netherlands

The regulator is Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa). These facts come from its own website.

Regulator

Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), an independent administrative body established in 2012

Law

The Remote Gambling Act, in force from 1 April 2021. The licensed online market opened on 1 October 2021.

What a casino needs

A licence under the Act to offer online games. The Ksa says casino games against the house, such as roulette, and between players, such as poker, are among the licensed types.

Player protection

Licensed operators check the national self-exclusion register, Cruks, before admitting a player.

Checking a licence

The Ksa publishes a register of licence holders, called the Kansspelwijzer.

Source: Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa). Checked on 14 October 2026. General information, not legal advice.

A casino that holds no a Dutch Kansspelautoriteit licencecan't accept a registration from the Netherlands, so the visit would normally end there. With a country rule for Netherlands, that visitor sees the Adboundary screen instead. It lists partner casinos that can accept them, and Adboundary has verified every partner's licence before it can receive traffic.

Players in the Netherlands often expect to pay with iDEAL. A casino that doesn't offer it can lose those visitors at the cashier. Adboundary can also show the screen based on a payment rule. See payment-restricted traffic.