The Netherlands will embark on a “fundamental change of course in gambling policy, with a new gambling bill set to be proposed by the House of Representatives by the end of 2025.

Announced by the State Secretary for Legal Protection, Tuen Struycken, the reforms are in response to the “worrying results” of the evaluation of the Remote Gambling Act (KOA).

Reflecting on the news during the latest episode of iGaming Daily, Ted Menmuir, SBC’s Content Director, said: “What’s important to understand about the Dutch market is that it hasn’t stagnated, there’s an influx of constant regulation throughout its existence. However, it appears that none of [the Dutch parties] have been pleased with the overall framework.”

This is the backdrop for Struycken promising a new online gambling bill, continued Ted, who predicts that the Dutch market will have a “much more scrutinised gambling marketplace” in 2025. 

Elsewhere in the episode, host Viktor Kayed was joined by Danny Lee, Senior Journalist for iGaming Expert, who broke down the details of Entain’s legal battle.

Former Chief Executive Kenny Alexander and Chair Lee Feldman have launched legal action, suing Entain and its law firm Addleshaw Goddard and accusing them of sharing ‘privileged information’ with investigators during the Turkish bribery case that the operator began to face in 2019.

At the time, Entain agreed to a £600m settlement with HMRC due to the investigation over its former business in Turkey.

“It looks like they’re trying to find out what exact information was delivered to the investigators [in 2019] and then maybe take action from there once finding out what had been handed over,” Danny explained. 

He added that in response Entain has said that the claims “were without merit” and the company “will contest it robustly”.