Jansen’s message comes after the Dutch gaming authority released the results of market-wide research into cashback bonuses, where they stated that they will now be defined as ‘“a bonus based on loss” as “all forms of this type of bonus are in conflict with the Gambling Act”.
The KSA noted that bonuses where players receive part of their loss back as a bonus are not allowed in the Netherlands, as they “contribute to taking more risks and lowering the threshold for gambling”.
Following its investigation, the authority issued a formal warning to one licence holder for offering a cashback bonus, in addition to sending a letter to two other licence holders regarding bonuses “in which losses were compensated in some way other than through a cashback”.
In conclusion, the KSA determined that several bonus types are linked to losse..