Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) says it expects to grant around 35 iGaming licenses of about 40 applicants from around the world.
The Netherlands Remote Gambling Act will take effect on April 1 after an nine-month delay.
According to iGamingBusiness, to qualify for a license, operators must check players against the Cruks self-exclusion database and provide the Control Database (CDB) with their own data captured from games, allowing the KSA to carry out remote monitoring of game systems.
Cruks and the CDB went were developed 2020, with follow-up actions still required in the early months of 2021 to make the systems operational. After a tender process, IT and business consultancy Netcompany took on management of the systems.
An extension of the gambling levy will also be used to set up an Addiction Prevention Fund, with proceeds being used to provide anonymous treatment of gambling addiction, and research prevention and treatment.
The KSA also revealed in the report that it collected €8.2 million (US$9.6 million) in gaming taxes in 2020, up 12.3 percent.
