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Netherlands’s Kansspelautoriteit to Allow Online Bingo
The Netherlands’s gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has said it will be “lenient” with online bingo during the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite operators of games of chance with a cash prize being required to hold a license, the KSA said it was “comfortable” with online bingo.
As the country faces lockdown measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, bingo has become increasingly popular.
But the KSA said that while it was being lenient, it was keeping an “extra sharp eye” on commercial bingo and especially when it comes to protecting players.
“The KSA recognises that in these times of Coronavirus, there are initiatives to give people a fun pastime to help them in their isolation without having to leave home,” the regulator said.
“These games are often organised by people with a good heart. In view of the special circumstances, the KSA has decided to be temporarily lenient in these cases,” KSA added.
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