Dutch gambling market falls to €4.1bn as online revenue drops 21%

The licensed gambling market in the Netherlands declined to €4.1bn gross gaming revenue in 2025, down from an inflation-adjusted €4.5bn in 2024, according to figures released by the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) on Thursday 29 October.

Online sector contracts sharply

Total online GGR fell 21% to €1.20bn for 2025, compared with €1.52bn a year earlier, the regulator’s annual market scan showed. Online casino revenue dropped 18.2% to €947m, while online sports betting fell 30.2% to €254m, against €364m in 2024.

The Ksa links the decline at least partly to stricter duty of care rules that took effect on 1 October 2024, including the net deposit limit. Gambling tax also rose from 30.5% to 34.2% in 2025.

Despite the revenue fall, total gambling tax receipts reached €1.05bn in 2025.

Land-based and channelisation

State operator Holland Casino grew its GGR by 2.8% to €683m in 2025. The arcade estate shrank slightly, from 197 venues at the end of 2024 to 194 a year later.

Channelisation measured by participants is put at roughly 94%, meaning most Dutch players only use licensed sites. Measured by revenue, the estimate improved from 54% to 59%.

The Ksa estimates the number of people gambling has not grown significantly, at about 490,000 per month. Treatment data cited in the report show that over 14% more people were in care for gambling addiction in 2025 than in 2024.

Recovery in 2026

Licensed online GGR reached €670m in the first half of 2026, up around 11% on the €602m recorded in the second half of 2025. Active accounts at licensed operators climbed to 1.48m from 1.38m.

The regulator recently fined EOD Code a record €37m over twelve illegal casinos.